#Mars Rover

[stargirldotcom]

- we are worth saving!!!!

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[not-an-alien-scientist]

Human: Dude I'm not so sure about this whole pack bonding thing you've been talking about humans don't even like each other

Alien: Well is it not true that your species collectively grieved over a non-sentient robot on the planet I believe you designate as "'Mars"?

Human: Okay look, that's different, Opportunity's last words just broke our hearts okay

Alien: But... it did not send a last message of words. It was merely the last data recorded by the non-sentient robot. The data showed scientists low power and also indicated the skies on the planet were dark to the point where no sunlight was visible at the time of the last data transfer, nothing more. x

Human: Exactly

Alien: So why does your species grieve over basic data?

Human: Well you just said it "My battery is low and its getting dark"

Alien: That is a poetic translation of basic data

Human: Are you trying to dishonor Opportunity's work?

Alien: N-no I jus- - -

Human: Opportunity was a good boy who did his best. End of story *huffs out and goes to grab some soda*

Alien: *watches human walk away without any farewell words* ?!?!? *jots down in notes* [ Humans can be very protective of their own even when challenged with basic facts, proceed with caution when discussing pack mates of any type, including all non-sentient pack mates. ]

[aspaceinthecosmos]

Haven't seen anything about Ingenuity on tumblr yet, so I guess I'll make a post about it

Ingenuity (sometimes called Ginny) was an companion craft to Perseverance, one of the rovers currently on Mars. As opposed to any of the past rovers, however, Ingenuity was a rotorcraft intended to fly above Mars' surface.

After landing on Mars in February of 2021 and completing its first flight on April 19th, 2021, Ingenuity became the first aircraft to fly on another planet. Its original goal was only 5 flights, but it well surpassed that number, logging 72 flights with over two hours of in-air time.

On January 18th, 2024, Ingenuity lost contact with Perseverance midway through a flight, and a few days later, NASA had confirmation that the rotors were damaged, leaving Ingenuity incapable of flight.

So long, Ingenuity. You did so much <3

Source:

[blueiscoool]

New NASA images reveal giant hole in Curiosity rover's wheel after 12 years of 'abuse' on Mars

Images captured by Curiosity's onboard cameras show several large tears in the tire of one of the rover's wheels. However, the damage does not appear to be slowing the roaming robot down.

Curiosity first touched down on Mars on Aug. 5, 2012 and was initially only expected to last for two years. But the hardy rover has defied expectations and has lasted 4,323 Martian days, or Sols, on the Red Planet, traveling more than 20 miles (32 kilometers) around the Gale Crater, where it originally landed.

However, new photos taken by Curiosity's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) and released by NASA on Sept. 24 reveal that the rover's epic journey has taken a toll on the robot's middle right wheel. The images show several large tears in the wheel's heavily scratched tire, including one particularly large hole that reveals the wheel’s inner mechanisms. It is currently unclear when these holes first emerged or if any of the rover's other wheels have suffered similar damage.

The damage may look bad but Curiosity "is still holding up well despite taking some of the worst abuse from Mars," mission operations engineer Ashley Stroupe wrote in the statement.

By Harry Baker.

[adrianl4u]

Mars seen by Pereverance rover, May 13, 2024

[theofficialastronomy101]

Everyone Talking About The "Square Structure" Captured On Mars? Look how perfect this square is! Some say that its structure may be a buried ancient alien settlement on the Red Planet. What you think? Still cool though

YES! This is a real photo!

[klaasfoto]

Latest photo from the Mars rover.

[spockvarietyhour]

Sagan Station, Mars "Terra Prime"

[irondadmadlads]

Irondad Prompt #193:

Peter: :(

Tony: What’s wrong?

Peter: Opportunity died

Tony: The… the Mars rover?

Peter: Mhm

Tony:

Tony: *goes to Mars to rescue Oppy for Peter*

[without-ado]

A Trailblazing Duo:

January 17, 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of Spirit and Opportunity's landing on Mars. The two of Mars Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, landed on opposite sides of Mars and began exploring the planet. Since their landing, the rovers have sent more than 100,000 high-resolution, full-color images of the planet’s surface. Designed to last just 90 days, they exceeded expectations and changed the way we explore the Red Planet l more at NASA JPL

[roversrovers]

Silly NASA Valentine's Day Cards

[lonestarflight]

"The Carl Sagan Memorial Station, previously known as the Mars Pathfinder Lander, proved that a high degree of knowledge and innovation, coupled with a bit of luck, could put a very-low cost spacecraft on the surface of Mars. Depicted here by an aritist, the lander and rover surpassed their initial design life and went on to return many high resolution images of the ancient flood-washed plain of Ares Valles.

This art work was produced for NASA by Pat Rawlings, (SAIC). Technical concepts for NASA's Exploration Office, Johnson Space Center (JSC)."

Date: 1997

NASA ID: S99-04196

[whereserpentswalk]

I don't have a logical reason for it but the quotes "Tell the emperor that my hall has fallen. Apollo no longer has his house, nor his mantic bay, nor his prophetic spring; the water has gone quite." And "My battery is low and it's getting dark" have the same energy to them. Perhaps on occasion, the machine and divine can speak the same poetry.

[legends-expo]

Today is the 4th anniversary of the Perseverance rover landing on Mars! Our executive director's real job is on this mission, which she has been involved with since 2016. A highlight of her time on the mission has been clean room testing for the Mastcam-Z instrument (pictured) where she sent commands to the cameras and could hear the filter wheel turning in real time. No one would ever hear that sound again when the cameras were attached to the rover and sent to Mars. After years of sending instrument commands to a similar camera on the Curiosity mission, she loved seeing and hearing the cameras work in person!

There was some "hurry up and wait" time in the clean room, and she was allowed to sanitize and bring in challenge coins for photos, and one that she picked was a Mara Jade coin (based on DS-62409 of Garrison Corellia) as that is her favorite character and costume, hence her Internet handle being "Martian Mara."

Legends Expo is a fan-run convention celebrating the books, comics, games, and other media that built the original Expanded Universe, and will be held on September 13 & 14, 2025 at the Burbank Marriott Convention Center.

Tickets available [here]

[gemini-enthusiast]

The first flight of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, as seen by the Perseverance rover

[comradepolaris]

Sometimes, even if it's been 5 years, I still cry about oppy

Like whyyyyyy 😭