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2. Martian regolith simulant - Wikipedia

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   A small pile of JSC MARS-1A [1] A jar of Martian regolith simulant JSC MARS-1A. Martian regolith simulant (or Martian soil simulant) is a terrestrial material that is used to simulate the chemical and mechanical properties of Martian regolith for research, experiments and prototype testing of activities related to Martian regolith such as dust mitigation of transportation equipment, advanced ...

3. Comparison of embedded computer systems on board the Mars ...

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   Comparison of embedded computer systems on board the Mars rovers Landing year Rover (mission, organization) CPUs RAM Flash EEPROM Operating system CPU time available for the autonomy software 1997: Sojourner rover (Pathfinder, NASA) [1] [3] [4] [5] 2 MHz 8-bit Intel 80C85 [6] 0.5 MB: 0.172 MB: None: Custom cyclic executive: Not applicable to ...

4. Rocker-bogie - Wikipedia

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   A rocker bogie In motion - incorrectly shows chassis staying level; the chassis actually maintains the average of the two rockers Rocker bogie on Curiosity. The rocker-bogie system is the suspension arrangement developed in 1988 for use in NASA's Mars rover Sojourner, [1] [2] [3] and which has since become NASA's favored design for rovers. [4]

5. Ingenuity (helicopter) - Wikipedia

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   Ingenuity, nicknamed Ginny, is an autonomous NASA helicopter that operated on Mars from 2021 to 2024 as part of the Mars 2020 mission. Ingenuity made its first flight on 19 April 2021, demonstrating that flight is possible in the extremely thin atmosphere of Mars, and becoming the first aircraft to conduct a powered and controlled extra-terrestrial flight.

6. Houston Metro - Wikipedia

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   Houston Gardens Kashmere Transit Center East Houston Mesa Transit Center I-610 Service Rd, Wallisville Rd, Oates Rd, E Houston Rd 14.9 miles (24.0 km) 144,803 98 Briargate Central Southwest Hiram Clarke Transit Center Fondren Gardens Fondren Transit Center Fuqua St, Fondren Rd 7.4 miles (11.9 km) 87,790 99 Ella – FM 1960 Acres Homes

7. MEI Conlux - Wikipedia

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   MEI Conlux (formerly known as Mars Electronics International) is a manufacturer of electronic banknote validators, coin acceptors and changers. MEI was spun off to private investment interests in July 2006. In December 2012, it was sold to Crane Co., which also manufactures vending machines. [1]

8. Sky crane (landing system) - Wikipedia

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   [3] [4] [5] Sky crane is "an eight-rocket jetpack attached to the rover". [6] This system is also much more precise: while the Mars Exploration Rovers could have landed anywhere within their respective 93-mile by 12-mile (150 by 20 kilometer) landing ellipses, Mars Science Laboratory landed within a 12-mile (20-kilometer) ellipse. [ 7 ]

9. Exploration of Mars - Wikipedia

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   The first to contact the surface were two Soviet probes: Mars 2 lander on November 27 and Mars 3 lander on December 2, 1971—Mars 2 failed during descent and Mars 3 failed about twenty seconds after the first Martian soft landing. [24] Mars 6 failed during descent but did return some corrupted atmospheric data in 1974. [25]