http://www.slashgear.com Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Wed, 22 May 2013 16:54:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.slashgear.com/curiosity-rover-bores-into-mars-for-second-time-20282849/ http://www.slashgear.com/curiosity-rover-bores-into-mars-for-second-time-20282849/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 21:00:24 +0000 Craig Lloyd http://www.slashgear.com/?p=282849 NASA's Curiosity rover drilled into Mars' rocky surface for ...drilled hole. In between these two drillings, Curiosity experienced a bit of a hiccup ... there was once possibly life on Mars. Scientists identified some key components in ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/curiosity-rover-bores-into-mars-for-second-time-20282849/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/mars-rover-opportunity-breaks-space-driving-distance-record-17282586/ http://www.slashgear.com/mars-rover-opportunity-breaks-space-driving-distance-record-17282586/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 17:31:15 +0000 Craig Lloyd http://www.slashgear.com/?p=282586 Mars rover Curiosity might be the talk of the town currently,...the Moon. Opportunity has been traveling Mars for over nine years now,...Crater. The rover first landed on Mars in January 2004 and has ...old, but if NASA really puts it to work, Curiosity could break...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/mars-rover-opportunity-breaks-space-driving-distance-record-17282586/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/manned-mars-missions-in-20-years-say-space-experts-06280710/ http://www.slashgear.com/manned-mars-missions-in-20-years-say-space-experts-06280710/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 14:39:30 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=280710 Mars by the 2030s. "A human mission... getting from outside the atmosphere to Mars. Modules like SpaceX's Dragon ...anywhere around 40x the weight of Curiosity, NASA associate administrator Michael Gazarik ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/manned-mars-missions-in-20-years-say-space-experts-06280710/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/nasas-opportunity-rover-found-in-standby-mode-as-communications-moratorium-ends-30280031/ http://www.slashgear.com/nasas-opportunity-rover-found-in-standby-mode-as-communications-moratorium-ends-30280031/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 00:33:00 +0000 Brittany Hillen http://www.slashgear.com/?p=280031 NASA enacted a communications moratorium with its ...week on April 22. Unlike Curiosity, Opportunity has called Mars its home for nearly ... its communications with the ground tomorrow. NASA says that thus far information received...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/nasas-opportunity-rover-found-in-standby-mode-as-communications-moratorium-ends-30280031/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/nasas-opportunity-rover-is-back-in-action-01280220/ http://www.slashgear.com/nasas-opportunity-rover-is-back-in-action-01280220/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 00:37:51 +0000 Brittany Hillen http://www.slashgear.com/?p=280220 NASA had discovered its Opportunity rover on Mars in a ... it into the altered functioning mode. Said NASA about the matter: "The Opportunity rover ... the Red Planet. Communication with the Curiosity rover will happen soon. [via Space]...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/nasas-opportunity-rover-is-back-in-action-01280220/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-mars-curiosity-rover-now-analyzing-drilled-rock-26271504/ http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-mars-curiosity-rover-now-analyzing-drilled-rock-26271504/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:42:32 +0000 Brittany Hillen http://www.slashgear.com/?p=271504 NASA's Curiosity rover had successfully drilled into ... soil will first undergo Simple Analysis of Mars, SAM for short, which will heat ...several weeks analyzing the soil results from Curiosity to determine both its mineral and ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-mars-curiosity-rover-now-analyzing-drilled-rock-26271504/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-prepares-curiosity-rover-for-huge-solar-flare-06272894/ http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-prepares-curiosity-rover-for-huge-solar-flare-06272894/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 01:02:43 +0000 Brittany Hillen http://www.slashgear.com/?p=272894 NASA's Curiosity rover being moved from safe ...The solar flare is expected to hit Mars later this week, and the Curiosity ... ago. Because the CME is heading towards Mars - specifically an area of Mars where the Curiosity is - the agency ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-prepares-curiosity-rover-for-huge-solar-flare-06272894/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/mars-curiosity-rover-is-no-longer-in-safe-mode-says-nasa-05272510/ http://www.slashgear.com/mars-curiosity-rover-is-no-longer-in-safe-mode-says-nasa-05272510/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:01:56 +0000 Brittany Hillen http://www.slashgear.com/?p=272510 NASA's Mars Curiosity rover had experienced ...backup computer, but the malfunction prompted Curiosity to be put into Safe Mode as a precaution. NASA announced earlier today that it... computer's memory, and so NASA is in the process of...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/mars-curiosity-rover-is-no-longer-in-safe-mode-says-nasa-05272510/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-holding-mars-curiosity-briefing-live-at-1-pm-et-12273462/ http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-holding-mars-curiosity-briefing-live-at-1-pm-et-12273462/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:55:19 +0000 Craig Lloyd http://www.slashgear.com/?p=273462 Curiosity rover on Mars, NASA will be holding a... malfunction with the on-board computer. NASA tweeted the news briefing announcement today...who is the principal investigator for Curiosity's Chemistry and Mineralogy investigation,...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-holding-mars-curiosity-briefing-live-at-1-pm-et-12273462/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/mars-curiosity-rover-finds-evidence-of-habitable-life-on-mars-12273485/ http://www.slashgear.com/mars-curiosity-rover-finds-evidence-of-habitable-life-on-mars-12273485/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:41:52 +0000 Craig Lloyd http://www.slashgear.com/?p=273485 NASA news briefing on the progress that the Curiosity rover ... on the left seen by NASA's Opportunity rover and the ... at two different locations on Mars. Scientists think the particles in ... what scientists know so far, Mars could have very well likely...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/mars-curiosity-rover-finds-evidence-of-habitable-life-on-mars-12273485/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/mars-curiosity-rover-experiences-first-major-malfunction-01272033/ http://www.slashgear.com/mars-curiosity-rover-experiences-first-major-malfunction-01272033/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:12:29 +0000 Craig Lloyd http://www.slashgear.com/?p=272033 Curiosity rover on Mars, and it's ... self portraits. However, NASA has announced that Curiosity suffered its first ... in its seven months on Mars. Space radiation may be to... the flight from Earth to Mars, while the A-side computer...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/mars-curiosity-rover-experiences-first-major-malfunction-01272033/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/curiosity-rover-communication-moratorium-in-effect-until-may-1-04276615/ http://www.slashgear.com/curiosity-rover-communication-moratorium-in-effect-until-may-1-04276615/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:26:04 +0000 Brittany Hillen http://www.slashgear.com/?p=276615 NASA's Mars Curiosity rover, which experienced a variety ... is due to planetary alignment called the Mars solar conjunction in which the Sun plants .... In case you missed it, the Curiosity rover suffered an issue with one of ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/curiosity-rover-communication-moratorium-in-effect-until-may-1-04276615/feed/ 0