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Long-Lived Orbiter Resumes Work With Fresh Equipment
The NASA Mars Odyssey orbiter has resumed duty after switching to a set of redundant equipment, including a main computer, that had not be used since before the spacecraft's 2001 launch.
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Mars Longevity Champ Switching Computers
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter, already the longest-working Mars spacecraft, will switch to redundant equipment next week that has not been used since before launch in 2001.
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Mars Orbiter Repositioned to Phone Home Mars Landing
NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has successfully adjusted its orbital location to be in a better position to provide prompt confirmation of the August landing of the Curiosity rover.
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Orbiter Enters, Then Exits, Standby Safe Mode
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter experienced about 21 hours in a reduced-activity precautionary status ending at about 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, July 12.
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Longest-Lived Mars Orbiter is Back in Service
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has resumed its science observations and its role as a Mars rover's relay, thanks to a spare part that had been waiting 11 years to be put to use.
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Orbiter Out of Precautionary 'Safe Mode'
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has been taken out of a protective status called safe mode.
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Test of Spare Wheel Puts Orbiter on Path to Recovery
In a step toward returning NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to full service, mission controllers have tested a spare reaction wheel on the spacecraft for potential use with two other reaction wheels in adjusting and maintaining the spacecraft's orientation.
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Orbiter Puts Itself into Standby Safe Mode
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter put itself into precautionary standby status June 8 Universal Time, when it detected unexpected characteristics in movement of one reaction wheel.
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Camera on NASA Mars Odyssey Tops Decade of Discovery
NASA's Mars Odyssey, the longest-working spacecraft ever sent to Mars, has now been sending home images for 10 years.
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NASA's Odyssey Spacecraft Sets Exploration Record
NASA's Mars Odyssey, which launched in 2001, will break the record Wednesday for longest-serving spacecraft at the Red Planet.
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Odyssey Orbiter Nears Martian Longevity Record
By the middle of next week, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter will have worked longer at Mars than any other spacecraft in history.
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Long-Lived Mars Odyssey Gets New Project Manager
The new project manager for the longest-working spacecraft currently active at Mars, NASA's Mars Odyssey, has a long track record himself.
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NASA Spacecraft Camera Yields Most Accurate Mars Map
A camera aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has helped develop the most accurate global Martian map ever.
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Orbiter Puts Itself Into Standby Safe Mode
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter put itself into a safe standby mode on Wednesday, July 14, and the mission team has begun steps designed to resume the spacecraft's science and relay operations.
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Seventh Graders Find a Cave on Mars
California middle school students using the camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter have found lava tubes with one pit that appears to be a skylight to a cave.
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Mars Odyssey, Phoenix Mars Lander Missions Update
No Signal Heard During First Day of Resumed Listening for Phoenix.
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Orbiter Puts Itself Into Safe Standby
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter put itself into a safe standby mode on Saturday, Nov. 28, and the team operating the spacecraft has begun implementing careful steps designed to resume Odyssey's science and relay operations within about a week.
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NASA's Mars Odyssey Alters Orbit to Study Warmer Ground
NASA's long-lived Mars Odyssey spacecraft has completed an eight-month adjustment of its orbit.
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Odyssey Spacecraft Reboots Successfully
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter properly followed commands today to shut down and restart, a strategy by its engineers to clear any memory flaws accumulated in more than five years since Odyssey's last reboot.
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Rebooting Postponed for Mars Odyssey
The team operating NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter postponed a planned rebooting of the spacecraft this morning after seeing an unexpected rise in the temperature of a star camera that is part of the navigation system.