AM 1240 KLYQ » Opportunity http://klyq.com Hamilton's Newstalk Leader Sat, 18 May 2013 19:00:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Mars Rovers on a 'Sunny' Vacation – Call Back Later http://klyq.com/mars-rovers-on-a-sunny-vacation-call-back-later/ http://klyq.com/mars-rovers-on-a-sunny-vacation-call-back-later/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:02:07 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=102134 Since April 4th, the Mars rovers Curiosity and Opportunity have "hung up" their phones.

It's a planned disconnect, though. NASA reports that every two years the Earth and Mars end up on opposite sides of the Sun as they roll around the Solar System

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]]> http://klyq.com/mars-rovers-on-a-sunny-vacation-call-back-later/feed/ 0 A recent self-portrait of the Mars rover Curiosity. (JPL/NASA) What About the Other Rovers on Mars? http://klyq.com/what-about-the-other-rovers-on-mars/ http://klyq.com/what-about-the-other-rovers-on-mars/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:50:41 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=83606 While the headlines from the science world are coming from the Curiosity Mars rover, not much is being published about older rovers on the planet.

The trophy for the "Little Rover That Could" should go to Opportunity, which is now starting its 10th year on the red planet

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]]> http://klyq.com/what-about-the-other-rovers-on-mars/feed/ 0 The Opportunity Mars rover at Endeavour Crater. (NASA/JPL)