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djellison
post Oct 6 2004, 08:49 AM
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http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2004-249

Engineers on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover team are investigating possible causes and remedies for a problem affecting the steering on Spirit.

The relay for steering actuators on Spirit's right-front and left-rear wheels did not operate as commanded on Oct. 1. Each of the front and rear wheels on the rover has a steering actuator, or motor, that adjusts the direction in which the wheels are headed independently from the motor that makes the wheels roll. When the actuators are not in use, electric relays are closed and the motor acts as a brake to prevent unintended changes in direction.


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- djellison   Steering Problem   Oct 6 2004, 08:49 AM
- - Sunspot   Even with the worst case scenario and they are una...   Oct 7 2004, 04:16 PM
- - Sunspot   New HazardCam images at exploratorium: http://qt....   Oct 7 2004, 05:40 PM
- - Sunspot   The steering problem seems to have fixed itself. ...   Oct 7 2004, 08:26 PM
- - akuo   October 15th Flight Director's report (though ...   Oct 19 2004, 04:02 PM
- - Sunspot   I noticed that too, however they appear to have dr...   Oct 19 2004, 05:52 PM
- - Sunspot   I noticed that too, however they appear to have dr...   Oct 19 2004, 05:53 PM
- - OWW   Yes they have driven it, but not steered. In the F...   Oct 19 2004, 09:28 PM
- - OWW   From the latest status update on the official rove...   Oct 20 2004, 09:37 PM
- - Sunspot   I guess this is the rock "Uchben" refer...   Oct 20 2004, 11:34 PM
- - Pando   Newsflash: Spirit is having slight electrical prob...   Oct 29 2004, 06:56 AM
- - Sunspot   QUOTE (Pando @ Oct 29 2004, 06:56 AM)Newsflas...   Oct 29 2004, 02:56 PM
- - tedstryk   One really has to hope that Spirit's demise co...   Nov 2 2004, 04:15 AM
- - Sunspot   Spirit is still moving, they've repositioned t...   Nov 2 2004, 01:35 PM
- - djellison   One has to wonder how much mobility they might res...   Nov 2 2004, 01:41 PM
- - YesRushGen   Yeah, and it looks like they went DOWNHILL to get ...   Nov 2 2004, 06:13 PM
- - MizarKey   QUOTE (YesRushGen @ Nov 2 2004, 06:13 PM)I sa...   Nov 2 2004, 07:53 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Apparently a fair amount, Doug -- JPL says that th...   Nov 3 2004, 01:02 PM
- - djellison   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Nov 3 2004, 01:02 PM)App...   Nov 3 2004, 04:06 PM
- - NorbertGiesinger   Its true that we all would like to see great panor...   Nov 3 2004, 04:58 PM
- - Pando   QUOTE Sunspot: .....yikes, where did you see that?...   Nov 3 2004, 11:36 PM


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