NASA scientists must breath a sigh of relief at this science project resuming operations. After some days of not operating the Mars rover is back to work. The side B computers have taken over the working of the rover due to the side A computers having suffered a flash memory glitch. They will bring back the rover to partial operations.

While NASA is unsure what exactly caused the malfunction they are guessing it was probably due to an excess of radiation. The Curiosity rover was in the middle of analyzing its first samples of Mars rock it had gathered in January when the computer problems started. The process was to have been completed in second week March but the IT glitch stuck on 28th February.

It is part of Curiosity’s mission to discover if Mars ever had water available and also if the red planet is able to support life. Now the side A computers are likely to be used to back up the research which will be conducted by the side B computers. Needless to say the scientists are working hard to ensure that no other surprises affect the science research project. Fingers Crossed!May the Curiosity have no more problems.