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Tag Archives: Spirit
How Spirit got there
Poor little Spirit isn’t working anymore (so far as we know), but this is how he got there!
ASK FATHER: Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have known many people who will change “Holy Ghost” to “Holy Spirit” the moment they come across it in a prayer, about as readily as they may switch “thee, thou and thy” to “you, you, and your.” … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged Geist, Ghost, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Spirit
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Just Too Cool: Panoramic View on MARS!
From poor little Spirit’s twin, Opportunity, comes this panoramic view. HERE. It is stitched together from 817 images taken between 12 Dec 2011 and 8 May 2012 while Opportunity was stationed on an outcrop called “Greeley Haven” during the Martian … Continue reading
Posted in Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged Mars Rover, NASA, Opportunity, Spirit
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Curiosity about Curiosity is not just Curiosity
After posting about the Seven Minutes of Terror, I was curious about Curiosity, the newest Mars Rover heading to the Red Planet. Intrepid little Spirit isn’t working any more, since it became mired and died. Opportunity is working, but depends … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged curiositas, Curiosity, JPL, Mars, Mars Rover, NASA, Opportunity, Spirit, studiositas
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Seven Minutes of Terror
Those of you who have been reading here for a long while know of my admiration for poor little Spirit. Opportunity keeps rolling, of course. But … Curiosity is coming. And when I mean “Seven Minutes of Terror”, I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged Curiosity, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Mars Rover, Opportunity, Spirit
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Spirit spotted on Mars
The intreprid little Mars rover Spirit, which began its mission in 2004 died, mired in sand, in 2009. It couldn’t capture enough sunlight to power up. Spirit’s twin Opportunity is still going strong! The orbiting Phoenix, circling Mars since 2006, … Continue reading
Posted in Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged Mars, Mars Rover, Opportunity, Phoenix, Spirit
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Opportunity has reached Endeavour!
We’ve lost poor Spirit, but intrepid little Opportunity keeps motoring along. NASA reports that Opportunity has after a 3 year portion of its already 8 year anabasis has crawled up to Endeavour crater, 14 miles in diameter. We should be … Continue reading
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Tagged Mars Rover, NASA, Opportunity, Spirit, Zagnut
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New Mars Rover News
We haven’t forgotten poor Spirit, but… NASA to Announce Landing Site for New Mars Rover July 18, 2011 WASHINGTON — NASA and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will host a news conference at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday, July … Continue reading
We’ve got Spirit, yes we do! We’ve got Spirit… well… not so much.
Sad news from NASA: NASA Concludes Attempts to Contact Mars Rover Spirit The full version of this story with accompanying images is HERE. PASADENA, Calif. — NASA is ending attempts to regain contact with the long-lived Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, … Continue reading
Just too cool stuff
I remain a real fan of the Mars Rover missions. One of the readers here, who works for NASA actually sent me a Spirit mission patch! Poor Spirit… sniff. Opportunity is still chugging along. I tune in once in a … Continue reading
Older, Smarter
From NASA comes this about one of the intrepid Mars Rovers… Opportunity: NASA Mars Rover Getting Smarter as it Gets Older NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, now in its seventh year on Mars, has a new capability to make its … Continue reading
“Do I get to come home?”
President Obama wants to kill NASA and the space program. In reference to the poor little rover Spirit, stuck on Mars, a reader sent this cartoon: Sniff. I must admit I also hated Toy Story, one of the saddest movies … Continue reading
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Tagged Mars Rover, martian rover, NASA, Opportunity, Spirit, Toy Story
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SPIRIT! “Another phase of its long life.”
The efforts to free the Martian rover Spirit have failed. Spirit is now imitating life. From NASA with my emphases and comments: WASHINGTON — After six years of unprecedented exploration of the Red Planet, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit no … Continue reading
More tests on Spirit: not encouraging
In case you missed this news about the intrepid little Mars Rover Spirit. Further Tests Designed for Rover’s Right-Rear Wheel December 07, 2009 A series of diagnostic tests on Spirit’s right-rear wheel on sols 2104 and 2105 (Dec. 3 and … Continue reading
Spirit is stuck!
From the site of NASA: Spirit Embedded in Soft Soil on Mars as Engineers Devise Methods to ‘Free Spirit’ This view from the panoramic camera on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the terrain surrounding the location called "Troy," where … Continue reading
