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Curiosity Mars Rover Resumes Full Operations
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/curiosity-mars-rover-resumes-full-operations
Curiosity Mars Rover Resumes Full Operations
Mission Status Report
UPDATED JULY 11 AT 1:20 p.m. PT
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is resuming full operations today, following work by engineers to investigate why the rover put itself into a safe standby mode on July 2. The rover team brought Curiosity out of safe mode on July 9.
The most likely cause of entry into safe mode has been determined to be a software mismatch in one mode of how image data are transferred on board. Science activity planning for the rover is avoiding use of that mode, which involves writing images from some cameras’ memories into files on the rover’s main computer. Alternate means are available for handling and transmitting all image data.
