- Original Caption Released with Image:
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Mike Seibert and Sharon Laubach, engineers on the Mars Exploration Rover
team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, check the exact
position of a test rover in preparation for the next test of a possible
maneuver for Spirit to use on Mars. The test setup at JPL simulates the
situation where Spirit is embedded in a patch of soft soil dubbed "Troy,"
in Mars' Gusev Crater. The July 7, 2009, preparation shown here preceded
an assessment of straight-backward driving the next day, one of several
possible maneuvers to be assessed in the test sandbox before further
driving commands will be sent to Spirit.
To see updates on the efforts to free the Spirit rover, visit the JPL
Free Spirit website.
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NASA/JPL-Caltech
Image Addition Date:
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2009-07-08
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