NASA just released this picture from the Spirit rover, which has lost two wheels and is now hopelessly mired in deep sand. The rover is still transmitting and will continue to serve as a stationary observation post, sending back data on the Martian weather and other matters, but its roving days are over. Here in this sand pit it will rest until some far future explorers show up to retrieve its carcass. It roved Mars for six years, which is not bad considering that its original mission was only scheduled to last 90 days.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Spirit's Final Home
NASA just released this picture from the Spirit rover, which has lost two wheels and is now hopelessly mired in deep sand. The rover is still transmitting and will continue to serve as a stationary observation post, sending back data on the Martian weather and other matters, but its roving days are over. Here in this sand pit it will rest until some far future explorers show up to retrieve its carcass. It roved Mars for six years, which is not bad considering that its original mission was only scheduled to last 90 days.
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