- Original Caption Released with Image:
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Rover team members Kim Lichtenberg (left) and Mike Seibert fill a mixer
with powdered clay and diatomaceous earth, a combination found to offer
physical properties similar to the soil where NASA's Mars Exploration
Rover Spirit is embedded on Mars. The team finished mixing the test soil
and preparing a sloped testing area on June 29, 2009, with plans for
driving the test rover into it on June 30.
To see updates on the efforts to free the Spirit rover, visit the JPL
Free Spirit website.
- Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL-Caltech
Image Addition Date:
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2009-06-30
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