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The operation of the main computer of the rover control system Curiosity will be restored in a week. This was reported representative of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena in US state of California. According to him, now the device forced to rest. – programmers step restore the operation of the host computer step by step: for this the machine was rebooted, and now everyone is transferring from backups accumulated data. Resumption of full activity we expect the rover and its scientific experiments in a week, ”he said ITAR-TASS. Formerly National Aerospace Agency The US was forced to suspend the implementation of a scientific program with using the Curiosity rover, due to its unexpected breakdown. The fact is that one of the computers in the space object has stopped respond to commands. Mars rover works on the surface of the planet with August 2012 In early February, Curiosity made in the surface Mars first man-made hole, taking samples of rocks of Red the planet. The main goal of MSL is to search for traces of life and study geological history of the planet. The rover is equipped with many instruments, including four spectrometers, as well as Russian DAN device for studying the “neutron albedo” of the Martian surface that will help in finding ice deposits. Recently Curiosity discovered organic matter on Mars. Samples Martian soil contains organic compounds, perchlorates – compounds of chlorine, hydrogen and carbon. It is possible that they brought the rover itself is on Mars, or they got there with meteorites, also containing carbon compounds. Recall Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity was launched by the Americans on November 26, 2011 of the year. On board – self-propelled robot. He has six wheels. Like its predecessors – Spirit and self-propelled vehicles Opportunity, which are now on Mars.
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