Mars Rover Magazine

Mars Rover Magazine

A wikizine following breaking news and images from the Mars Rover mission. The Rover has lasted much longer than anyone anticipated with minimal energy reserves. Get the latest from NASA and contribute stories.

Can Mars Spirit survive a 3rd Martian winter?

Thats the big question in the mars community right now.  Spirit is covered in dust and gets very little solar energy from it's panels each day.  At this point it takes an entire day of charging batteries just to crawl for 1 hour.  The Spirit team is trying to get the rover to a sun-facing slope in time for the Martian winter.  If it doesn't make it to the sunshine before winter, the rover will likely not survive the long winter months.

It's amazing that the Spirit has survived for as long as it already has.  The team of engineers who worked on this project should be very proud of themselves.  Truly amazing. 

Let's hope that the team can squeeze a little more life out of the rover.  The pictures are mind-blowing.
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What do you guys think about  some sasquatch running about on the surface of Mars?  Those things sure are elusive.  LOL

Space Yeti...for sure!
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