{"id":5390,"date":"2013-11-22T18:47:14","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T18:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5390"},"modified":"2013-11-22T18:47:14","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T18:47:14","slug":"curiosity-operations-suspended-due-to-electrical-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5390","title":{"rendered":"Curiosity operations suspended due to electrical issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/msl\/\" target=\"_d\">Mars Curiosity Rover<\/a>\u00a0has an electrical problem. So far the &#8220;soft short&#8221; doesn&#8217;t appear to be too serious but it dise reduce the level of robustness and tolerance for future problems. Operations with the rover are currently suspended while NASA JPL engineers attempt to diagnose the problem and determine if there is anything that can be done about it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceflightnow.com\/mars\/msl\/131121short\/#.Uo-h3tJDttA\" target=\"_d\">Mars Science Lab | Rover engineers studying &#8216;soft short&#8217; on Curiosity &#8211; Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/news.php?release=2013-337\" target=\"_d\">Rover Team Working to Diagnose Electrical Issue &#8211; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Mars Curiosity Rover\u00a0has an electrical problem. So far the &#8220;soft short&#8221; doesn&#8217;t appear to be too serious but it dise reduce the level of robustness and tolerance for future problems. Operations with the rover are currently suspended while NASA JPL engineers attempt to diagnose the problem and determine if there is anything that can be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5390\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Curiosity operations suspended due to electrical issue<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,13,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mars","category-space-science","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1oW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8487,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8487","url_meta":{"origin":5390,"position":0},"title":"Curiosity rover &#8211; Two years on Mars","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a brief video\u00a0from NASA JPL about the status of the Curiosity Rover two years after it landing on Mars:\u00a0\u00a0Curiosity Rover Report (Aug. 5, 2014): A Softer Trek to Mount Sharp On the second anniversary of landing, NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars is preparing to navigate through a series of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mars&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mars","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=78"},"img":{"alt_text":"Curiosity Tracks in 'Hidden Valley' on Mars","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/images\/msl\/20140805\/pia18590-640.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1231,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1231","url_meta":{"origin":5390,"position":1},"title":"Curiosity rover returning to action after period in safe mode","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 20, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA JPL reports on the status of Curiosity's computer: Curiosity Rover Exits 'Safe Mode' PASADENA, Calif. - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has returned to active status and is on track to resume science investigations, following two days in a precautionary standby status, \"safe mode.\" Next steps will include checking the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Solar Science&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Solar Science","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=31"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8461,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8461","url_meta":{"origin":5390,"position":2},"title":"Mars 2020 Rover to include oxygen producer","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This past week NASA announced the selection of instruments that will go on the Mars 2020 rover vehicle. 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