<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - rovers</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/rovers</link><description>Newsvine - rovers</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 1 Feb 2012 08:45:04 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 18:12:22 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Range Rover’s Evoque surprisingly superb</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/30/10269734-range-rovers-evoque-surprisingly-superb</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/30/10269734-range-rovers-evoque-surprisingly-superb</guid><category>avalanche</category><category>rovers</category><category>daring</category><category>north-american-truck</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>accolades</category><category>evoque</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:35:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120127-evoque-tease.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120127-evoque-tease.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Land Rover’s daring has produced a beautiful car and earned the Evoque an avalanche of accolades, such as North American Truck of the Year.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Home - Forest Green Rovers Football Club</title>
<description><![CDATA[Forest Green Rovers FC blue square bet premier football team]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[edamilinfl]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[edamilinfl]]></source><link>http://edamilinfl.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/09/10068477-home-forest-green-rovers-football-club</link><guid>http://edamilinfl.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/09/10068477-home-forest-green-rovers-football-club</guid><category>blue</category><category>forest</category><category>green</category><category>fc</category><category>rovers</category><category>square</category><category>premier</category><category>fgr</category><category>fgrfc</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Jan 2012 11:37:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Surviving NASA rover nears rim of Martian crater</title>
<description><![CDATA[Months after the death of the Mars rover Spirit, its surviving twin is poised to reach the rim of a vast crater to begin a fresh round of exploration.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/08/7301576-surviving-nasa-rover-nears-rim-of-martian-crater</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/08/7301576-surviving-nasa-rover-nears-rim-of-martian-crater</guid><category>us</category><category>mars</category><category>science</category><category>mars-rovers</category><category>rovers</category><category>sci</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Aug 2011 08:43:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4aa2b9af-c1ad-4514-a67d-f6bec2701fc3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="438" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4aa2b9af-c1ad-4514-a67d-f6bec2701fc3.jpg" width="120" height="131" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released July 19, 2011 by NASA showing NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. Months after the death of the Mars rover Spirit, its surviving twin Opportunity, is poised to reach the rim of a vast crater to begin a fresh round of exploration. (AP Photo/NASA/JPL)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NASA hangs up on silent Mars rover Spirit</title>
<description><![CDATA[Shortly after midnight, NASA sent one last plea to the silent rover Spirit, mired in a sand trap on the surface of Mars.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/24/6708485-nasa-hangs-up-on-silent-mars-rover-spirit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/24/6708485-nasa-hangs-up-on-silent-mars-rover-spirit</guid><category>us</category><category>mars</category><category>science</category><category>mars-rovers</category><category>rovers</category><category>sci</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 16:09:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/13c6f772-9978-45a4-8f6d-836b41b00a1f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="398" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/13c6f772-9978-45a4-8f6d-836b41b00a1f.jpg" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2004 photo provided by NASA/JPL of a photo shot by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. NASA is ending efforts to revive the sand-trapped rover Spirit, which has been silent for more than a year.  Project manager John Callas of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory says the last commands will be sent up Wednesday, May 25. (AP Photo/NASA/JPL,File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NASA: Mars rover, phone home after yearlong sleep</title>
<description><![CDATA[The prospect of ever hearing from the stuck Mars rover Spirit is fading after it failed to respond to repeated calls from Earth.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/29/6366606-nasa-mars-rover-phone-home-after-yearlong-sleep</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/29/6366606-nasa-mars-rover-phone-home-after-yearlong-sleep</guid><category>us</category><category>mars</category><category>science</category><category>rovers</category><category>sci</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:36:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b42e6565-e533-499d-8273-d94b964bf525.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="398" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b42e6565-e533-499d-8273-d94b964bf525.jpg" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This file photo taken Jan. 28, 2004, shows NASA's Exploration Rover Spirit when communication problems began.  The prospect of ever hearing from the stuck Mars rover Spirit is fading after it failed to respond to repeated calls from Earth. (AP Photo/NASA/JPL Rover Spirit, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8dc54133-8549-4751-8a0a-2cad06c275b1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8dc54133-8549-4751-8a0a-2cad06c275b1.jpg" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file image provided by NASA shows the surface of Mars as seen from the stuck Mars rover, Spirit. The prospect of ever hearing from Spirit is fading after it failed to respond to repeated calls from Earth since a little over a year ago. NASA officials say the fact that Spirit hasn't called home suggests something is more seriously wrong than just a power issue. (AP Photo/NASA, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>No word from stuck NASA Mars rover Spirit</title>
<description><![CDATA[The odometer on the Mars rover Spirit has been stuck at 4.8 miles for more than 1 1/2 years and has been incommunicado since March.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/02/5752824-no-word-from-stuck-nasa-mars-rover-spirit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/02/5752824-no-word-from-stuck-nasa-mars-rover-spirit</guid><category>us</category><category>mars</category><category>science</category><category>mars-rovers</category><category>rovers</category><category>sci</category><pubDate>Sun, 2 Jan 2011 18:52:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hopping Mars Rover Could Run on Isotopes and Martian Air</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rovers that roll are so 2004. This year's designers are bringing the heat with fashionable Mars hopper designs, dreaming of explorers that can go the distance one half-mile hop at a time.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LogicalAbsurdity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LogicalAbsurdity]]></source><link>http://logicalabsurdity.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/19/5494160-hopping-mars-rover-could-run-on-isotopes-and-martian-air</link><guid>http://logicalabsurdity.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/19/5494160-hopping-mars-rover-could-run-on-isotopes-and-martian-air</guid><category>technology</category><category>mars</category><category>design</category><category>astronomy</category><category>rovers</category><category>martian</category><category>martian-air</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:39:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mars rover surpasses Viking 1's longevity record</title>
<description><![CDATA[Pop quiz: What spacecraft holds the record for longest-surviving mission on the bitterly cold and dusty surface of Mars?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/20/4313627-mars-rover-surpasses-viking-1s-longevity-record</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/20/4313627-mars-rover-surpasses-viking-1s-longevity-record</guid><category>us</category><category>mars</category><category>science</category><category>rovers</category><category>sci</category><category>nasa-mars</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 09:37:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f71258c8-1bb2-452a-8cf4-200dec42a017.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f71258c8-1bb2-452a-8cf4-200dec42a017.jpg" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - Image provided by NASA shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity using its front hazard-identification camera to obtain this image at the end of a drive on the rover's 1,271st sol, or Martian day (Aug. 21, 2007). Opportunity, one of the twin Mars rovers that landed in 2004, has surpassed Viking I's record and shows no signs of stopping. Unlike Viking 1, which conducted science experiments in one spot, the six-wheel, solar-powered Opportunity has been on the go, driving into craters and peering at rocks along the way. (AP Photo/NASA)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NASA ends effort to free rover from Martian sand</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Mars rover Spirit has logged nearly five miles during six years of rolling around the red planet. It has driven forward, backward and uphill over plains, plateaus, and even a mountain as tall as the Statue of Liberty.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/26/3812316-nasa-ends-effort-to-free-rover-from-martian-sand</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/26/3812316-nasa-ends-effort-to-free-rover-from-martian-sand</guid><category>us</category><category>mars</category><category>science</category><category>rovers</category><category>sci</category><category>nasa-mars</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:10:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Future uncertain for stuck Mars rover</title>
<description><![CDATA[Spirit has always been the unluckier of NASA's twin Mars rovers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/03/3709497-future-uncertain-for-stuck-mars-rover</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/03/3709497-future-uncertain-for-stuck-mars-rover</guid><category>us</category><category>science</category><category>mars-rovers</category><category>rovers</category><category>sci</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Jan 2010 18:00:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1af7a556-2f05-4cb6-9333-496e64863839.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1af7a556-2f05-4cb6-9333-496e64863839.jpg" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file image provided by NASA shows the surface of Mars as seen from the stuck Mars rover, Spirit. Spirit has always been the unluckier of NASA's twin Mars rovers. Soon after landing in 2004, its computer went haywire, transmitting gibberish or sporadic data to Earth. Engineers eventually nursed it back to health. As Spirit and Opportunity approach their sixth year of exploration, Spirit finds itself stuck in a Martian sand trap. The robot geologist has been in jams before, but this is by far the toughest challenge it has faced.  (AP Photo/NASA, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Stuck Mars rover struggles with faulty wheel</title>
<description><![CDATA[A faulty wheel on the Mars rover Spirit is complicating efforts to free it from a sand trap where it has been stuck for the past eight months.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/10/3617057-stuck-mars-rover-struggles-with-faulty-wheel</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/10/3617057-stuck-mars-rover-struggles-with-faulty-wheel</guid><category>us</category><category>mars</category><category>science</category><category>rovers</category><category>sci</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:38:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NASA to try to free stuck Mars rover Spirit</title>
<description><![CDATA[For NASA's stuck Mars rover, the Spirit may be willing, but the wheels could prove too weak. The space agency on Thursday outlined a rescue plan to try to free the rover Spirit, which has been bogged in a sand trap on the red planet for half a year. The risky operation is expected to last several months.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/12/3492658-nasa-to-try-to-free-stuck-mars-rover-spirit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/12/3492658-nasa-to-try-to-free-stuck-mars-rover-spirit</guid><category>us</category><category>mars</category><category>science</category><category>rovers</category><category>sci</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:35:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1dacdbec-0fb7-40a8-8ce5-c74ac38cc326.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1dacdbec-0fb7-40a8-8ce5-c74ac38cc326.jpg" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image provided by NASA shows the surface of Mars as seen from the stuck Mars rover, Spirit. The rover will soon try to drive itself out of a sand trap where it has been stuck for the past six months. NASA is set to outline plans to try to free Spirit, a risky process that could take months.(AP Photo/NASA)   &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1f6b4b47-be36-45eb-afb1-67af4e8dfade.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="186" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1f6b4b47-be36-45eb-afb1-67af4e8dfade.jpg" width="120" height="56" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken July 21, 2009, provided by NASA, Mars Exploration Rover team members, from left, Alfonso Herrera, Vandana Verma and Bruce Banerdt, conduct tests on the wheels of a rover model in soft soil at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. This work was part of a series of tests designed to determine the best way to get the rover named Spirit out of a Martian patch of soft soil called &quot;Troy,&quot; where Spirit's wheels have dug in. The test setup simulates the situation at Troy. (AP Photo/NASA/JPL CALTECH)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lightning Detected on Mars</title>
<description><![CDATA[The first detection of lightning on Mars came in during a dust storm on the red planet..  It was picked up by new radio telescope equipment designed by Chrisoper Ruf in Ann Arbor, MI.  While they expected the lightening, they hadn't exected it to be so strong.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[artambrosia]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[artambrosia]]></source><link>http://artambrosia.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/07/3128572-lightning-detected-on-mars</link><guid>http://artambrosia.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/07/3128572-lightning-detected-on-mars</guid><category>mars</category><category>science</category><category>rovers</category><category>dust-storm</category><category>deep-space-network</category><category>lightening</category><category>chemical-reaction</category><category>life-with-lightening</category><category>radio-telescpe</category><category>christopher-ruf</category><category>lightning-on-mars</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Aug 2009 14:31:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Spirit rover's wheels stuck in soft Martian dirt</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Mars rover Spirit has become stuck in loose dirt while ambling around a low plateau, NASA said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/11/2805227-spirit-rovers-wheels-stuck-in-soft-martian-dirt</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/11/2805227-spirit-rovers-wheels-stuck-in-soft-martian-dirt</guid><category>mars</category><category>science</category><category>rovers</category><category>sci</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 23:46:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mars rover Spirit has unexplained computer reboots</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA's aging Mars rover Spirit has rebooted its computer at least twice for unknown reasons.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/13/2680566-mars-rover-spirit-has-unexplained-computer-reboots</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/13/2680566-mars-rover-spirit-has-unexplained-computer-reboots</guid><category>mars</category><category>science</category><category>rovers</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:16:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Scientists probing erratic behavior by Mars rover</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., are trying to figure out why the Mars rover Spirit is acting erratically.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/28/2367176-scientists-probing-erratic-behavior-by-mars-rover</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/28/2367176-scientists-probing-erratic-behavior-by-mars-rover</guid><category>mars</category><category>science</category><category>rovers</category><category>jet-propulsion-laboratory</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:01:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gallery - Rovers celebrate five years of highs and lows on Mars - Images</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rovers celebrate five years of highs and lows on MarsThis month, NASA's twin Mars rovers are celebrating their fifth anniversary on the Red Planet, long outlasting the three months they were scheduled to survive (find out the three secrets to their success).]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[dungbeetlemania]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[dungbeetlemania]]></source><link>http://dungbeetlemania.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/14/2308848-gallery-rovers-celebrate-five-years-of-highs-and-lows-on-mars-images</link><guid>http://dungbeetlemania.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/14/2308848-gallery-rovers-celebrate-five-years-of-highs-and-lows-on-mars-images</guid><category>mars</category><category>opportunity</category><category>nasa</category><category>news</category><category>science</category><category>rovers</category><category>spirit</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:03:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mars rover mission reaches 5th anniversary</title>
<description><![CDATA[Five years after the NASA rover Spirit landed on Mars, the six-wheel robotic geologist and its twin Opportunity are still on the job.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/03/2270517-mars-rover-mission-reaches-5th-anniversary</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/03/2270517-mars-rover-mission-reaches-5th-anniversary</guid><category>mars</category><category>science</category><category>rovers</category><pubDate>Sat, 3 Jan 2009 18:24:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/601e53e9-c327-44df-abdc-db08a8775390.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="488" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/601e53e9-c327-44df-abdc-db08a8775390.jpg" width="120" height="146" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated image provided by the Murphy family shows Miles Allen Murphy who was fatally shot by Seattle police on New Year's Day 2009. Murphy, a University of Washington senior, was shot several times at his apartment early Thursday Jan. 1, 2009 after police said he pointed a rifle affixed with a bayonet at officers and refused orders to drop the weapon. (AP Photo/Family)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/66c4bdee-124d-4749-8cff-0d0e426e37d8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="147" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/66c4bdee-124d-4749-8cff-0d0e426e37d8.jpg" width="120" height="45" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image provided by NASA shows a mosaic of frames from the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity gives a view to the northeast from the rover's position taken on its 1,687th Martian day, or sol (Oct. 22, 2008). The rover Spirit landed on Jan. 3, 2004 and Opportunity landed 21 days later. &quot;The American taxpayer was told three months for each rover was the prime mission plan,&quot; said Ed Weiler, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. &quot;The twins have worked almost 20 times that long.  That's an extraordinary return of investment in these challenging budgetary times.&quot; The rovers have made important discoveries about wet and violent environments on ancient Mars. They also have returned a quarter-million images, driven more than 21 kilometers (13 miles), climbed a mountain, descended into craters, struggled with sand traps and aging hardware, survived dust storms, and relayed more than 36 gigabytes o&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mars Rovers Hit 5-Year Mark  </title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA's Mars rovers were designed to last for at least 90 days on the Red Planet, and from the start, mission scientists hoped that they'd keep working well after their "warranty" expired.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></source><link>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/03/2269378-mars-rovers-hit-5-year-mark</link><guid>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/03/2269378-mars-rovers-hit-5-year-mark</guid><category>space</category><category>mars</category><category>nasa</category><category>science</category><category>rovers</category><pubDate>Sat, 3 Jan 2009 09:21:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mars rover leaving crater after yearlong probe</title>
<description><![CDATA[The plucky Mars rover Opportunity is driving out of a giant crater nearly a year after a dangerous descent to examine exposed bedrock.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/26/1789235-mars-rover-leaving-crater-after-yearlong-probe</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/26/1789235-mars-rover-leaving-crater-after-yearlong-probe</guid><category>mars</category><category>science</category><category>rovers</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:26:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Could Red Planet be capable of sustaining life?</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA's Phoenix Mars lander uncovered last week what scientists believe is ice layer some 5 centimeters below the surface of the alien rust-coloured planet, raising hope that some exotic life may emerge in the frigid arctic plains of the Red Planet. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lilithbytes]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lilithbytes]]></source><link>http://tenurist.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/22/1688051-could-red-planet-be-capable-of-sustaining-life</link><guid>http://tenurist.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/22/1688051-could-red-planet-be-capable-of-sustaining-life</guid><category>mars</category><category>water</category><category>rovers</category><category>ice</category><category>extraterrestrial-life</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:14:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NASA: Mars Rovers Will Continue to Run</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA has no plans to turn off either of the healthy twin Mars rovers to make up for cost overruns faced by a big new rover slated to fly to the Red Planet next year, the space agency said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/24/1387646-nasa-mars-rovers-will-continue-to-run</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/24/1387646-nasa-mars-rovers-will-continue-to-run</guid><category>science</category><category>mars-rovers</category><category>rovers</category><category>red-planet</category><category>mars-rover</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:26:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/74e9ba58-9ba0-4d0c-8a49-a20084043e98.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/74e9ba58-9ba0-4d0c-8a49-a20084043e98.jpg" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image provided by NASA, a robotic arm from NASA's Mars Exploration rover Spirit is shown on the 1,277th Martian day in this Aug. 6, 2007, file photo. Scientists plan to put Spirit to sleep and limit the activities of its sister rover Opportunity to fulfill a NASA order to cut $4 million from the program's budget, mission team members said Monday, March 24, 2008. (AP Photo/NASA)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Scientists Worry About Power on Spirit</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Mars rover Spirit is racing against time to reach a resting spot for the winter after a giant dust storm drained much of its energy, scientists said Monday. Spirit has until Christmas to drive to the sunny slope of a low plateau where it will park itself with its solar panels pointed at the sun and hunker down for the winter.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/10/1155040-scientists-worry-about-power-on-spirit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/10/1155040-scientists-worry-about-power-on-spirit</guid><category>science</category><category>mars-rovers</category><category>rovers</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:53:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NASA Extends Mars Rover Mission Again</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mars' aging twin rovers will explore the red planet for at least two more years under an extension approved by NASA.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/16/1028941-nasa-extends-mars-rover-mission-again</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/16/1028941-nasa-extends-mars-rover-mission-again</guid><category>science</category><category>mars-rovers</category><category>rovers</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:00:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NASA Rover Begins Drive Into Huge Crater</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two months after surviving a giant dust storm, one of NASA's robotic rovers on Mars began a risky drive Tuesday into a crater blasted open by a meteor eons ago.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alicia Chang]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/11/955576-nasa-rover-begins-drive-into-huge-crater</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/11/955576-nasa-rover-begins-drive-into-huge-crater</guid><category>science</category><category>mars-rovers</category><category>rovers</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:38:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a722b659-d312-455b-aa2c-a712c76d8c3a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="230" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a722b659-d312-455b-aa2c-a712c76d8c3a.jpg" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image released by NASA Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007, taken by the Mars rover Opportunity, shows a view from the rim of Mars' Victoria Crater about 130 feet from where controllers intend to start the rover's descent inside the crater. Scientists want the rover Opportunity to travel 40 feet down toward a bright band of rocks in the Victoria Crater. They believe the rocks represent the ancient surface of Mars and that studying them could shed clues on the planet's early climate. (AP Photo/NASA)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>