Just A Little Bit Longer And Mars Rover Will Be Free

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An animation of Opportunity making a grand effort to get unstuck. Image source: NASA/JPLUnmannedspaceflight and SpaceDaily

Ithica NY (SPX) May 19, 2005
Gradual progress. To extract Opportunity from her little predicament, we've commanded a total of 12 meters of wheel turns so far... 2 meters, then 2 meters, then 4 meters, then 4 meters. We've seen slow, steady progress each time.

We're going to kick her into a slightly higher gear today, commanding 8 meters of wheel turns, and we'll see what we see. Optimism continues to run high.

At Gusev, Spirit has arrived at a safe standoff position for observing the eastern side of Larry's Lookout.

We're going to sit here and do some serious Pancamming for a sol or two, and then we're going to have to decide what comes next. There are a bunch of possibilities, and we're going to have a very interesting time choosing among them.

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Spirit Heading To 'Home Plate'

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 09, 2006
Last week Spirit completed robotic-arm work on "El Dorado." The rover used all three of its spectrometers plus the microscopic imager for readings over the New Year's weekend.

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