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  • artist's concept of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

    Mars Orbiter Puts Itself in Safe Mode Again

    NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter put itself into a safe mode Wednesday morning, Aug. 26, for the fourth time this year, while maintaining spacecraft health and communications.

  • full-circle view from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit

    Free Spirit: Dust Storm Passing Over Spirit

    The amount of electricity generated by the solar panels on Spirit has been declining for the past several Martian days, or sols, as a regional dust storm moved southward and blocked some of the sunshine at Spirit's location.

  • Today marks the 2,000th Martian day, or sol, of what was initially planned as a 90-sol mission on Mars for NASA's Spirit rover.

    Spirit Hits 2,000

    Today marks the 2,000th Martian day, or sol, of what was initially planned as a 90-sol mission on Mars for NASA's Spirit rover.

  • Test Mars Exploration Rovers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Free Spirit: Second Test Rover Added to Driving Experiments

    A second, lighter-weight test rover has entered the testing setup at JPL where rover team members are assessing strategy for getting Spirit out of soft soil where it is embedded on Mars.

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