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Read the update 'Second Planned Extrication Drive is Straight Ahead Again' Second Planned Extrication Drive is Straight Ahead Again
The plan for an extrication drive on Sol 2090 (Nov. 19) will essentially be a repeat of the first drive plan, but with improved rover attitude knowledge. >>
Read the update 'Tilt Parameters End First Extrication Drive' Tilt Parameters End First Extrication Drive
The preliminary results from the first extrication drive for Spirit on Sol 2088 (Nov. 17, 2009) indicate the rover stopped less than 1 second after it began, sensing more vehicle lateral tilt than permitted. >>
Read the update 'Team  Prepares to Uplink Commands to Spirit' Team Prepares to Uplink Commands to Spirit
Driving commands are being prepared to instruct Spirit to attempt to drive forward. These are the first driving commands since Spirit became embedded in a Martian sandtrap approximately six months ago. >>
Read the update 'NASA to Begin Attempts to Free Sand-Trapped Mars Rover ' NASA to Begin Attempts to Free Sand-Trapped Mars Rover
NASA will begin transmitting commands to its Mars exploration rover Spirit on Monday as part of an escape plan to free the venerable robot from its Martian sand trap. >>
View the release 'Take Me Out to the Ballpark – On Mars!' Take Me Out to the Ballpark - On Mars!
Students in fourth through seventh grade will work to create the ultimate baseball experience "on Mars," even designing the rules for how to play a game on the Red Planet. >>
Read the update 'Amnesia-Like Behavior Returns on Spirit' Amnesia-Like Behavior Returns on Spirit
Until Oct. 24, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover had gone more than six months without an episode of amnesia-like symptoms like those that appeared on four occasions earlier this year. >>
Read the update 'Team Runs Operational Test to Prepare for Extracting Spirit' Team Runs Operational Test to Prepare for Extracting Spirit
Engineers using test rovers on Earth to prepare for extracting the sand-trapped Spirit rover on Mars have added a new challenge to their preparations. >>
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Watch the video Free Spirit: Plotting an Escape
Free Spirit: Nov 12
Plotting an Escape
Watch Free Spirit Rescuing a Rover Part 1 of 2
Free Spirit: Rescuing a Rover Part 1 of 2
Free Spirit : Rescuing a Rover Part 2
Free Spirit : Rescuing a Rover Part 2 of 2
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View the video 'Weather Movie, Mars South Polar Region, March-April 2009 (Close)'
Weather Movie, Mars South Polar Region, March-April 2009 (Close)
View the video 'Weather Movie, Mars South Polar Region, March-April 2009 (Far)'
Weather Movie, Mars South Polar Region, March-April 2009 (Far)
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