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You might be forgiven for thinking that there’s only one “Mars rover” on the Red Planet at the moment. The Mars Science Laboratory rover “Curiosity”has been grabbing the headlines over the past few months, and making some fantastic discoveries, even … Continue reading →

Just to let you know that I’ll be posting here again soon -as soon, that is, as Oppy starts sending back images and moving again after solar conjunction has finished. For a while Oppy has been out of contact because … Continue reading →

While the wheel-clamped Mars Science Laboratory stands sentinel-still on the floor of Gale Crater, content to just chew on a piece of straw, take in the view and try to avoid the accusing glare of Mt Sharp over her shoulder*, … Continue reading →

Apologies for the lack of updates recently, but I’ve been very very busy keeping my “Waiting for ISON” comet blog up to date, as Comet PANSTARRS swung up into the northern sky after dazzling southern hemisphere observers for months. Charts … Continue reading →

If robots can feel insecure, or jealous, or frustrated, then I’m pretty sure Opportunity must be feeling all those things right now. Insecure, because after nine years on Mars, at a time when NASA’s budget is tight, and always in … Continue reading →

Apologies for not updating RtE for a while, but I’ve been pouring all my blogging energies into my “Waiting for ISON” blog, which is looking forward to the appearance of not one but TWO naked eye comets in the sky … Continue reading →

Nine years ago, one of the most incredible adventures in the history of human exploration began. Not on Earth, but on Mars. Nine years ago the Mars Exploration Rover “Opportunity” landed on Mars, and so began one of the most … Continue reading →

First of all, a belated HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all! I imagine some of you were wondering/worrying if I’d given up writing this blog, turned my back on Oppy like the vast majority of others seemed to have done… … Continue reading →

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 160,000 times in 2012. If it were … Continue reading →

As you can see from the above picture, Oppy has stopped driving after her long, circular trek, and is now parked up quite happily at a very rough-looking outcrop high on the eastern flank of Cape York. She recently extended … Continue reading →