Here's one of the last photos taken by Spirit in 2010 as it was about to endure its fourth Martian winter. You can see it's stuck and NASA scientists were unable to move its solar panels directly toward the sun to sufficiently recharge the batteries. It went into a standby mode for the winter but was never heard from again.
What rover Spirit encountered on Mars (photos)
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Mars should be landed on by humans.
Mars should be the next project for Space Exploration. Man needs to find out all it can.
Perhaps the question of " are there others besides us " will be one day answered.
Mars could lead in that answer.
Perhaps the question of " are there others besides us " will be one day answered.
Mars could lead in that answer.
Posted by fspence
26th May 2011