Jun 26
Stuck Mars Rover Still Doing Science
Posted in: NASA, science, Space Tech, Today's Chili
The Spirit Mars rover may be stuck in the dirt–but that doesn’t mean it can’t still do some real work out there. Space.com reports that the rover is busy examining its surroundings, a “colorful, layered region” called Troy. It’s situated next to a low plateau about two miles from where the rover first landed in 2004.
Plus, sometimes you just get lucky: one of the rover’s wheel’s dug into the layers of soil, exposing more material to study.
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