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NASA Plans To Re-Position Spirit Rover For New Role

Credit: NASA/JPL
NASA is in a race against time to prepare its stranded Mars rover Spirit for survival through the upcoming Martian winter after abandoning further attempts to free the bogged-down vehicle. The decision, which effectively marks the end of Spirit’s six-year sojourn across part of Mars’s southern...

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