Mars robot in OK shape
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - May 27, 2008 They say it's because of a problem in relaying communications
from one of two Mars orbiters relaying commands from Earth.
Fuk Li, manager of the Mars exploration program for NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., says that a "transient
event" on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter turned its UHF radio
off. That stopped communications between it and the lander.
But Li and others say it is not a significant problem.
Peter Smith of the University of Arizona, the mission's
principal researcher, says plans called for maneuvers Tuesday to
unhook the lander's 8-foot robotic arm from a latch holding it in
place.
