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Mars-Bound Spaceship Experiencing Technical Issues

posted by Fnord666 on Friday July 31 2020, @06:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-nominal dept.

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Mars-bound spaceship experiencing technical issues: NASA:

Mars 2020, the spaceship carrying NASA's new rover Perseverance to the Red Planet, is experiencing technical difficulties and is running on essential systems only, the agency said Thursday.

"Data indicate the spacecraft had entered a state known as safe mode, likely because a part of the spacecraft was a little colder than expected while Mars 2020 was in Earth's shadow," NASA said.

The spaceship has left Earth's shadow and the temperatures are now normal.

[...] Matt Wallace, the mission's deputy project manager, said that the fact that the spaceship had entered safe mode was not overly concerning.

"That's perfectly fine, the spacecraft is happy there," he said. "The team is working through that telemetry, they're going to look through the rest of the spacecraft health. "So far, everything I've seen looks good, so we'll know more in a little bit."

Related:
Perseverance, Ingenuity begin seven month journey to Mars
Atlas 5 launches Mars 2020 mission

Previously:
Mars 2020 Rover to Include a Mars Helicopter
Mars Helicopter Enters Final Testing
Mars Mission Readies Tiny Chopper for Red Planet Flight
NASA Reveals the New Wavy Martian Wheels it Thinks Can Crush the Red Planet
Three Missions to Mars Happening this Month

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Friday July 31 2020, @07:35PM (4 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 31 2020, @07:35PM (#1029465) Journal

    What was that bit on Star Trek?

    "To boldly go where no man has gone before, so the next person knows how to go there again and survive."

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Mojibake Tengu on Friday July 31 2020, @07:46PM

    by Mojibake Tengu (8598) on Friday July 31 2020, @07:46PM (#1029472) Journal

    I presume there already were some stuffs boldly passing Earth's shadow before.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 31 2020, @08:06PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 31 2020, @08:06PM (#1029477)

    <pedantic>
    "To go boldly..."
    </pedantic>

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 31 2020, @09:31PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 31 2020, @09:31PM (#1029499)

      That ship sailed [wikipedia.org] a long time ago.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 01 2020, @02:38PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 01 2020, @02:38PM (#1029831)

        I yield...