NASA's Spirit rover rolls off lander platform

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover "Spirit" drove off its lander platform early on Jan. 15 and has touched down on Martian soil to begin studying rocks for clues to the history of water on the planet. Before the roll-off, Spirit performed a three-stage turn on its platform Jan. 14, which pointed it in a...

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