Spirit rover perched on summit as team ponders next move

With the Mars Exploration Rover "Spirit" finally perched atop the summit of Husband Hill in Mars' Gusev Crater region, mission planners are taking measurements of the surrounding area to develop a route and schedule for descending the other side. Spirit's slow climb has taken well more than a year...

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