Rover Update With Video

Image from Spirit’s front hazcam from sol 1940. Credit: NASA/JPL Here's a rover update: Spirit remains stuck in her location on the west side of Home Plate, and work continues at JPL for testing on how to extract the rover from being embedded in soft soil. A rock may be underneath Spirit, keeping her from moving, but more images are being taken by the microscopic camera at the end of the robotic arm to try and determine exactly what is going on under and around the rover. But with a boosted power supply, Spirit has also been busy making scientific observations of her surroundings. And one more thing, which would be extremely fun, rover driver Scott Maxwell hinted on Twitter that Spirit has so much power now from a recent wind event that cleared off her solar panels that she may attempt to make overnight observations So stay tuned for PANCAM images of the Martian night sky! Enjoy this video update on the Mars Exploration rovers by another rover driver, Ashley Stroupe. (…) Read the rest of Rover Update With Video (233 words)

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