May 30, 2004

Mars rover Opportunity endures 'deep sleep' with no harm

Posted by jburk to Mars Exploration Rovers at May 30, 2004 06:35 PM

NASA's Mars rover Opportunity endured a martian winter night despite being put into a new energy-saving but risky "deep sleep" mode, a mission flight director said Friday.
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This was a risk but if it can survice even more cold than expected then maybe it will keep running even into the Martian winter. Also how much additional run time did this achieve? This is of a valued or importance for travel to other locations later on.

Posted by: Harold LaValley at June 1, 2004 04:49 AM