Spirit Hits The 500-Sol Mark

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The home of Spirit is the mountain range mid lower in this map created by Kees some 500 days ago.

Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2005
Spirit has been working on Mars for more than 500 sols! This week the rover completed its close-up observations of "Larry's Outcrop" and drove back toward "Methuselah," looking for a passable way up to the summit. The rover will continue to drive around the perimeter of "Husband Hill" until it finds a good pathway.

Sol-by-sol summaries:

Sols 497 and 498 (May 27 and 28, 2005): Spirit used tools on its robotic arm at west Larry's Outcrop and made remote-sensing observations.

Sols 499 to 501: Spirit continued using the tools on the arm to examine the outcrop and soils. It also made more observations with tools on the camera mast.

Sol 502: Soil observation; remote sensing.

Sol 503 (June 2, 2005): Finished soil work, took microscopic images of outcrop, drove toward Methuselah.

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