Tuesday, March 22, 2005

The New York Times > Science > Space & Cosmos > Unexpectedly, the Mars Rovers Are Still Going Strong

The New York Times > Science > Space & Cosmos > Unexpectedly, the Mars Rovers Are Still Going Strong: "Nearly a year past its planned three-month lifetime, the Mars rover Spirit has found itself rejuvenated and is now making some of its most significant discoveries about Mars' waterlogged past.
Spirit and its twin, Opportunity, on the other side of Mars have continued working so well that managers have requested that the mission be extended up to another 18 months. NASA reported that one of the mineral-identifying instruments on Opportunity had been turned off because of a malfunction, but the rovers appear otherwise healthy."

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