Friday, November 13, 2009

Releasing Spirit

After months of study and experimentation, NASA is ready to try to get its Mars rover Spirit moving again.

Spirit has been stuck in soft soil since April, and NASA engineers have finally determined the best chance to free it rests with moving the rover over the tracks it made getting to its current position. The first order to begin that process will be sent to Mars Monday, but the rover team cautions it'll be a slow extrication, assuming it works at all.

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