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Collection:
NASA Solarsystem Collection
title:
Spirit's Race Against Winter
description:
While struggling to reach a winter outpost necessary for survival on Mars, Spirit has been slowed by sand in the bottom of a shallow, bowl-like depression. Spirit's goal is to reach a slope on the north edge of "Home Plate" that will keep its solar panels trained on the Sun.

If the rover can collect enough sunlight to survive, Spirit will continue to study terrain near "Home Plate," which the rover reached after crossing the floor of Gusev Crater and scaling the "Columbia Hills." This map shows the rover's progress from July 2004 to November 2007.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/USG S/UNM/High-Resolutio n Science Imaging Experiment
date:
11.29.2007
keywords:
Solar System Exploration
keywords:
SSE
keywords:
Space
keywords:
NASA
keywords:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
keywords:
JPL
keywords:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
keywords:
Planets
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Spirit
facet_what:
Crater
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Columbia
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
July 2004
facet_when:
November 2007
facet_when:
11-29-2007
facet_when_year:
2004
facet_when_year:
2007
UID:
SPD-SLRSY-5844
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Spirit's Race Against Winter