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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Science

Spirit Rover Ready To Take…Those Sunken Wheels…

9:00AM Chris Jacob | …And learn to roll again, roll again so free. Sure, Spirit’s been better, but that doesn’t mean he’s down and out. No sir. NASA is ready to make the little guy mobile again and put him back to work. More »
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Robots

NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Amnesia

6:00AM Jack Loftus | We hadn’t visited the NASA Mars rovers in a while here at Gizmodo, so I thought I’d take a look today and see what they’re up to. Unfortunately, things could be better. More »
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Saturday, November 15, 2008
Science

The NASA Spirit Rover Lives!

3:15AM Sean Fallon | Nerds cheered and wept with happiness as NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit responded to ground control commands today via the Mars Odyssey orbiter. Earlier this week, NASA feared that the rover would fall victim to the same problem that killed our beloved Phoenix Mars Lander. The dust storm is still a problem, but Spirit has managed to gather enough solar energy to communicate normally. Once again, Spirit has lived up to the name and proven that its a fighter. [Spacefellowship via Slashdot] More »
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Robots

Spirit Mars Rover May Be Dead Too Now

1:00AM Jesus Diaz | More bad, bad news. Just two days ago Phoenix Mars Lander sent his last words, and NASA announced the end of the mission because of a storm that covered its solar panels with Martian dust. Today, we have learnt that the Mars Spirit rover may be dying too because exactly the same problem. In fact, according to Bruce Banerdt–the mission manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and part-time Hulk impersonator–he may be dead already: More »
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