NASA hopes to free Mars rover from ‘sand trap’ After months of tests and analysis, engineers plan to beam commands to NASA’s Spirit Mars rover Monday, kicking off a long-awaited attempt to free the hardy craft from the talcum powder-like soil of a hidden crater that trapped it last April. “Spirit’s facing the most challenging [...]
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