[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Mission Status - January 23, 2004

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:08 2004
Message-ID: <008401c3e1cd$f7614c40$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003>

Well that is great news. It seems there is a glitch more than a fatal error.
I will attend a special party tomorrow night at the LPL at the University of
Arizona, they are going to have some TVs and live uplink with JPL for the
landing tomorrow night. This will be quite exciting and I sure hope that all
goes well. I am taking a slice of NWA 2046 Martian meteorite, so we can all
hold a piece of Mars while the spacecraft is landing there tomorrow.
Mike Farmer
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From: "Ron Baalke" <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Mission Status - January
23, 2004


>
>
> Guy Webster (818) 354-5011
> Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
>
> Donald Savage (202) 358-1547
> NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
>
> News Release: 2004-29 January 23, 2004
>
> Mars Exploration Rover Mission Status
>
> NASA's Spirit rover communicated with Earth in a signal detected
> by NASA's Deep Space Network antenna complex near Madrid, Spain,
> at 12:34 Universal Time (4:34 a.m. PST) this morning.
>
> The transmissions came during a communication window about 90
> minutes after Spirit woke up for the morning on Mars. The
> signal lasted for 10 minutes at a data rate of 10 bits per
> second.
>
> Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
> Pasadena, Calif., plan to send commands to Spirit seeking
> additional data from the spacecraft during the subsequent few
> hours.
>
> JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology,
> Pasadena, manages the Mars Exploration Rover project for NASA's
> Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. Additional
> information about the project is available from JPL at
>
> http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov
>
>
> from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., at
>
> http://athena.cornell.edu/ .
>
> -end-
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>
>
> MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE
> JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
> CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
> NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
> PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
> http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
>
> Guy Webster (818) 354-5011
> Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
>
> Donald Savage (202) 358-1547
> NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
>
> News Release: 2004-30 January 23, 2004, 6:30 am PST
>
> Updated Mars Exploration Rover Mission Status
>
> The flight team for NASA's Spirit received data from the rover
> in a communication session that began at 13:26 Universal Time
> (5:26 a.m. PST) and lasted 20 minutes at a data rate of 120 bits
> per second.
>
> "The spacecraft sent limted data in a proper response to a
> ground command, and we're planning for commanding further
> communication sessions later today," said Mars Exploration Rover
> Project Manager Pete Theisinger at NASA's Jet Propulsion
> Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
>
> The flight team at JPL had sent a command to Spirit at 13:02
> Universal Time (5:02 PST) via the NASA Deep Space Network
> antenna complex near Madrid, Spain, telling Spirit to begin
> transmitting.
>
> Meanwhile, the other Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity is on
> course to land halfway around Mars from Spirit, in a region
> called Meridiani Planum, on Jan. 25 (Universal Time and EST;
> Jan. 24 at 9:05 p.m. PST).
>
> JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology,
> Pasadena, manages the Mars Exploration Rover project for
> NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C.
> Additional information about the project is available from
> JPL at
>
> http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov
>
> and from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., at
>
> http://athena.cornell.edu/ .
>
> -end-
>
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