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Where are the rovers now? Opportunity's traverse map through sol 2055, showing Endeavour Crater ahead
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Amnesia-Like Behavior Returns on Spirit
10.30.09 -- 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.
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Opportunity's Traverse Map Showing Endeavour Crater
Opportunity's Traverse Map Through Sol 2055
Computer Reconstruction of Spirit's Predicament
A screen shot from the Mars Exploration Rover team illustrates the degree to which Spirit's wheels have become embedded.
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Free 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.
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Free Spirit: Tests Prepare to Extract Rover
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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Mars Rovers Earn Congressional Kudos
03.11.09 - Congress passed a resolution Wednesday recognizing scientific contributions of NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers, and commending the JPL and Cornell University teams.
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Free Spirit - A Second Rover Rolls in Test Area
JPL engineers are using a second, lighter rover to test maneuvers to free Spirit.
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Free Spirit: Measuring Progress
Engineers continue crab-driving a test rover at JPL in an effort to plan how to dislodge Spirit from loose sand on Mars.
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Free Spirit: Exploring Options
JPL engineers are trying out maneuvers with a test rover on Earth, to plan an escape on Mars for Spirit.
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Free Spirit - Into the Sandbox
Rover Project Manager John Callas explains how getting a test rover stuck in a sandbox on Earth may help get Spirit out of a predicament on Mars.
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JPL's 'Free Spirit' Update
While the Spirit rover is embedded on Mars, engineers are working to create a 'Mars-scape' on Earth to test an escape plan.
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Still Roving on Mars
After five years, the Mars Exploration Rovers are still studying Mars. Take a closer look at how they work.