Curiosity rover resumes science operations
Posted: Thu, Mar 28, 2013, 7:34 AM ET (1134 GMT)
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity resumed science operations this week after overcoming some technical problems, but will soon go on hiatus because of a break in communications. Project officials said Monday that the rover had resumed science operations, including delivering a second powdered rock sample to the rover's instruments for analysis. Operations had been suspended after a computer glitch on February 28 that forced controllers to switch to a backup computer. A software problem earlier in the month also briefly put the rover into safe mode. Normal operations of the rover will continue until April 4, when a moratorium on communications will begin as Mars passes behind the Sun as seen from Earth. That moratorium will continue until May 1.
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity resumed science operations this week after overcoming some technical problems, but will soon go on hiatus because of a break in communications. Project officials said Monday that the rover had resumed science operations, including delivering a second powdered rock sample to the rover's instruments for analysis. Operations had been suspended after a computer glitch on February 28 that forced controllers to switch to a backup computer. A software problem earlier in the month also briefly put the rover into safe mode. Normal operations of the rover will continue until April 4, when a moratorium on communications will begin as Mars passes behind the Sun as seen from Earth. That moratorium will continue until May 1.
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