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Extricating Spirit, Digging out from Troy |
Nov 7 2009, 04:13 PM
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5 downsampled navcam frames from sol 2078 are down. Someone might want to make an animation.
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briv1016 Extricating Spirit Nov 7 2009, 04:13 PM
fredk A few more details in the figure caption:
QUOTE Th... Dec 16 2009, 03:49 AM
nprev WAY more, actually. Certainly not an open winding ... Dec 16 2009, 03:56 AM
Tesheiner Oh, this last bit of info is really good! It... Dec 16 2009, 06:52 AM
ustrax Motion...I have this stupid-giocondesque smile on ... Dec 16 2009, 11:23 AM
Oersted How big are those wheel motors? 1,500 x gearing to... Dec 16 2009, 01:13 PM
Keatah QUOTE (Oersted @ Dec 16 2009, 02:13 PM) H... Dec 16 2009, 04:55 PM
Oersted QUOTE (Keatah @ Dec 16 2009, 05:55 PM) Th... Dec 16 2009, 06:35 PM
Burmese "marsroverdriver
Unless this changes at th... Dec 16 2009, 09:02 PM
stevelu Wow, Keatah, thanks for those links! For anyo... Dec 16 2009, 09:20 PM
Steve Holtam Exciting times for Spirit indeed! Dec 16 2009, 09:49 PM
JayB Lot's of good newsy bits here that I haven... Dec 16 2009, 09:53 PM
nprev QUOTE (JayB @ Dec 16 2009, 01:53 PM) ... Dec 17 2009, 10:07 AM
mcaplinger QUOTE (nprev @ Dec 17 2009, 02:07 AM) Uh-... Dec 17 2009, 03:24 PM
fredk And this clarification from Maxwell on the 2116 vs... Dec 16 2009, 11:19 PM
centsworth_II Re: "...the A-2116... drive was pulled at mor... Dec 16 2009, 11:23 PM
djellison Any one of a thousand possible reasons. Have a pe... Dec 16 2009, 11:28 PM
centsworth_II QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 16 2009, 06:28 PM)... Dec 16 2009, 11:30 PM
PDP8E While we are waiting for the next suspenseful upda... Dec 17 2009, 05:46 AM
Oersted In the words of John Lennon... "So this is C... Dec 17 2009, 09:48 AM
imipak Thanks Nick, I was wondering about the significanc... Dec 17 2009, 10:45 AM
nprev Wish I knew enough about MER detailed design to co... Dec 17 2009, 11:16 AM
jamescanvin Some tracking data for the sol 2117 drive is avail... Dec 17 2009, 11:19 AM
djellison QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Dec 17 2009, 11:19 A... Dec 17 2009, 12:18 PM
remcook Isn't down bad? Dec 17 2009, 01:33 PM
jamescanvin Pics up!
Definitely some spinning of the RF... Dec 17 2009, 02:43 PM
Tesheiner Pictures are already available and the RF wheel is... Dec 17 2009, 02:44 PM
fredk Look at that RF wheel spin!
http://qt.explorat... Dec 17 2009, 02:44 PM
Tesheiner An animated GIF.
(1.6MB!)
Edited: Made it a ... Dec 17 2009, 03:01 PM
ustrax A Xmas miracle...it has to be...
Go Spirit GO... Dec 17 2009, 03:14 PM
fredk Thanks for that, Tesheiner, you can really see Laz... Dec 17 2009, 03:17 PM
MahFL Keep gunning it !!!! Dec 17 2009, 03:22 PM
JayB I was just thinking of the pre launch pyro hunt an... Dec 17 2009, 03:29 PM
Sunspot Well, as exciting as this new development is, I ca... Dec 17 2009, 04:16 PM
stevesliva QUOTE (Sunspot @ Dec 17 2009, 11:16 AM) W... Dec 17 2009, 04:21 PM
kungpostyle I can't believe that wheel is turning. Of all ... Dec 17 2009, 04:18 PM
bgarlick Good to see the RF moving again, but very frustrat... Dec 17 2009, 04:26 PM
Tesheiner Updated the animation to make it a little bit slow... Dec 17 2009, 04:32 PM
fredk As far as trying the RF wheel earlier, we've b... Dec 17 2009, 05:20 PM
Tesheiner QUOTE (fredk @ Dec 17 2009, 06:20 PM) all... Dec 17 2009, 05:33 PM
BrianL QUOTE (fredk @ Dec 17 2009, 11:20 AM) But... Dec 17 2009, 11:06 PM
ustrax I cannot avoid thinking whre could we be if that w... Dec 17 2009, 11:26 PM
marsophile I'm not saying this figured into their reasoni... Dec 17 2009, 05:39 PM
CosmicRocker Outstanding news...Way to go, Spirit team.
I... Dec 17 2009, 09:09 PM
HughFromAlice I 'd dismissed the possibility of that wheel e... Dec 17 2009, 10:26 PM
Oersted The wheel-dragging DEFINITELY made all the differe... Dec 17 2009, 10:29 PM
fredk Lots of info in the latest Spirit update. Highlig... Dec 18 2009, 01:15 AM
PDP8E Spirit was designed to last 90 sols and maybe a li... Dec 18 2009, 04:31 AM
Keatah QUOTE (PDP8E @ Dec 18 2009, 05:31 AM) Thi... Dec 18 2009, 07:54 AM
climber QUOTE (PDP8E @ Dec 18 2009, 05:31 AM) ...... Dec 18 2009, 09:22 AM
djellison We could play what-if till the cows come up.
Not ... Dec 18 2009, 09:13 AM
Tesheiner I checked the tracking web this morning and found ... Dec 18 2009, 09:14 AM
Tesheiner Regarding today's drive: 1.5mm forward, 3mm do... Dec 18 2009, 11:47 AM
fredk The fhaz shows that the RF did move again today (2... Dec 18 2009, 03:42 PM
Floyd I'm not sure the rover gods are with us. Gain... Dec 18 2009, 03:53 PM
MahFL Think positive...the RF digs in, grabs a nice rock... Dec 18 2009, 03:59 PM
fredk Or they try a different approach. Right now I thi... Dec 18 2009, 04:06 PM
marsophile Is the electrical problem possibly a buildup of st... Dec 18 2009, 04:50 PM
Hungry4info I would think that the rover would be grounded to ... Dec 18 2009, 04:58 PM
Deimos Grounding to the surface (through a light-weight m... Dec 18 2009, 05:19 PM
mcaplinger QUOTE (Deimos @ Dec 18 2009, 09:19 AM) Gr... Dec 18 2009, 05:58 PM
climber Make sure you've checked Scott's blog here... Dec 18 2009, 06:58 PM
Oersted QUOTE (climber @ Dec 18 2009, 07:58 PM) M... Dec 19 2009, 02:18 PM
climber QUOTE (Oersted @ Dec 19 2009, 03:18 PM) S... Dec 21 2009, 05:08 PM
PDP8E Here is the approximate predicament of Spirit on S... Dec 20 2009, 07:46 AM
jamescanvin I presume you meant Sol 2113? Dec 20 2009, 09:55 AM
fredk Another drive attempt on sol 2120. Again the RF m... Dec 20 2009, 04:03 PM
mhoward QUOTE (fredk @ Dec 20 2009, 09:03 AM) Aga... Dec 20 2009, 06:27 PM
Sunspot So is this January review of Spirit's progress... Dec 20 2009, 05:06 PM
Greg Hullender Unless Spirit has "restless wheel syndrome.... Dec 21 2009, 04:06 PM
Sunspot http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/09122...wheel... Dec 22 2009, 08:56 AM
PhilCo126 Well, let's wait and see, Santa might make a d... Dec 22 2009, 09:33 AM
nprev If there's one thing I've learned about th... Dec 22 2009, 10:35 AM
BrianL I think Arvidson's latest comments simply echo... Dec 22 2009, 01:36 PM
kungpostyle Dr. Arvidson seems more positive in todays piece:
... Dec 22 2009, 03:21 PM
mhoward Interesting drive on sol 2122, lasting almost an h... Dec 22 2009, 04:45 PM
Hungry4info Yeah I noticed that too.
Is the RF wheel not spin... Dec 22 2009, 05:16 PM
mhoward It looked to me like the RF turned just a little b... Dec 22 2009, 06:08 PM
Joffan QUOTE (mhoward @ Dec 22 2009, 11:08 AM) .... Dec 22 2009, 06:46 PM
mhoward QUOTE (Joffan @ Dec 22 2009, 11:46 AM) At... Dec 22 2009, 06:52 PM
fredk The RF turned a bit between the first and second f... Dec 22 2009, 06:13 PM
climber I mostly agree. I also saw more soil coming from f... Dec 22 2009, 07:22 PM
serpens It is hard to tell exactly what happened. A littl... Dec 23 2009, 12:03 AM
Hungry4info Looking at the buildup of sand on the top of the L... Dec 23 2009, 12:09 AM
mhoward The latest update suggests that greater movement o... Dec 23 2009, 12:42 AM
Astro0 Lots of concentration on the RF and RR wheels, but... Dec 23 2009, 08:54 AM
Astro0 Sol 2122. How low can Spirit go?!
Dec 23 2009, 09:00 AM
Astro0 leaving its mark on Husband Hill between Sols 2120... Dec 23 2009, 10:26 AM
Tesheiner Nice catch, Astro0!
Back to the extrication ... Dec 23 2009, 01:06 PM
Oersted December 24th is when we celebrate Christmas in De... Dec 24 2009, 02:53 PM
Greg Hullender QUOTE (Oersted @ Dec 24 2009, 07:53 AM) D... Dec 24 2009, 06:17 PM
marsophile http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/pa...92P25... Dec 24 2009, 07:56 PM
Tesheiner It's a quiet evening here at home.
Meanwhile,... Dec 26 2009, 04:01 PM
BrianL Back to Astro0's question, how much clearance ... Dec 26 2009, 05:17 PM
imipak Judging from Astro0's last MI mosiac above, --... Dec 26 2009, 06:13 PM
Sunspot The forward wheel looks like it might now be below... Dec 26 2009, 08:43 PM
Hungry4info Animation.
The sinking seems to stop toward the e... Dec 26 2009, 09:27 PM
dot.dk Maybe she bottomed out Dec 26 2009, 09:34 PM![]() ![]() |
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