With its computer glitch solved, the rover is staying busy until the sun gets in the way. The Mars rover Curiosity is back in action after solar radiation interrupted its mission a few weeks ago. It even swallowed some more dirt last weekend and is performing new analysis on it, according to NASA. A computer glitch prompted engineers to switch the rover to its B-side computer on Feb. 28. Curiosity has a backup computer for just such events, but it’s been operating on its A-side computer f...
With its computer glitch solved, the rover is staying busy until the sun gets in the way. The Mars rover Curiosity is back in action after solar radiation interrupted its mission a few weeks ago. It even swallowed some more dirt last weekend and is performing new analysis on it, according to NASA. A computer glitch prompted engineers to switch the rover to its B-side computer on Feb. 28. Curiosity has a backup computer for just such events, but it’s been operating on its A-side computer f...
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