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  1. Get out 3D glasses to view this cool pic of Oppy's iron-nickel meteorite: http://bit.ly/16Aa09 It measures .6 meter (2 ft) wide
  2. @CindyWalker09 We've seen the T-shirts on cafepress.com Search for Spirit and rover and they should turn up.
  3. Oppy comes across an interesting find: a possible meteorite measuring 70cm (27inches): http://bit.ly/4uSTuc Stopping to study it.
  4. Sandbox testing to "free Spirit" is nearly completed. Also, an instrument on MRO detects a dust storm brewing: http://bit.ly/Q6E7z
  5. @LJespersen that's exactly what the science team is doing. They're very interested in the soil there (@NASAJPL live > http://ustre.am/25IX)
  6. @trahodrone Will do! Scott's our hero too. (@NASAJPL live > http://ustre.am/25IX)
  7. 1 hour till we start the live vidchat w/ the rover team working to free Spirit. Join us w/ your questions 6p EDT http://ustre.am/25IX
  8. (Note time fix!) Rescuing a rover: Join us for a live "Free Spirit" video chat/Q & A. Thurs., 3p PT (6p ET/22UTC) at http://ustre.am/25IX
  9. @rbonini there is a rover rss feed (perhaps poorly promoted) Find it at www.jpl.nasa.gov/freespirit under the rover graphic.
  10. Rescuing a rover: Join us Thurs., 3p ET (22UTC) at http://ustre.am/25IX for a live "Free Spirit" video chat/Q & A. Bring your questions!
  11. Crab-testing a rover: New video on 'Free Spirit' testing http://bit.ly/5SRZ9 .All updates (text, pics, vids) at http://bit.ly/freespirit
  12. A rainbow on Mars? Not quite-it's a swirling Martian dust devil caught by color camera filters on Spirit seconds apart: http://bit.ly/4kDUtC
  13. Outstanding! The European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA have established a Mars Exploration joint initiative. Info: http://bit.ly/itazY
  14. @nextvmax All wheels are stuck in the same soft soil. The situation has been re-created as closely as possible based on data from Spirit
  15. RT @NASAJPL Join us later today on Ustream for a chat with earthquake scientists. 5pm PDT (2400 UTC). More info: http://bit.ly/quakechat
  16. Testbed work continues in the effort to free the Spirit rover. New pics and a video posted today at http://bit.ly/freespirit
  17. A rover driver "tell all." Ashely Stroup talks to Discovery about her job & the team's work to #FreeSpirit http://bit.ly/16z60p
  18. Free Spirit update: Today a test rover was driven into simulated Martian soil to begin escape testing. Pics: http://bit.ly/freespirit
  19. @martiansoil No RSS from Free Spirit page only, but all rover updates are worth receiving :) You'll be alerted here to new Spirit updates.