NASA Engineers Optimistic About Freeing Opportunity Rover

Engineers are optimistic they can free the Opportunity Mars rover, perhaps as early as this week, from fluffy soil that trapped it during a long run over flat terrain late last month. Under a thin top crust, the soil appears to be as fine as flour and at least as fine as anything Opportunity or its...

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