NASA’s Curiosity Rover Mystery: Rover stops, still sending data
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has temporarily halted science operations because of a glitch, mission team members announced today (Sept. 19).
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The mysterious issue, which cropped up Saturday night (Sept. 15), prevents the rover from beaming to Earth much of the science and engineering information stored in its memory, Curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada, of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, wrote in an update today.
But Curiosity remains otherwise healthy, he said. For example, the rover can still relay real-time data about its status.
“Engineers are expanding the details the rover transmits in these real-time data to better diagnose the issue,” Vasavada wrote. “Because the amount of data coming down is limited, it might take some time for the engineering team to diagnose the problem.”
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