Opportunity rover escapes from martian sand trap
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) team has managed to free the Opportunity rover from a sand trap in which it had been stuck for more than a month, NASA announced June 6. The rover drove into a small dune of windblown dust and sand on April 26, where its six wheels became partially buried. The...
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