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Spirit and Opportunity Are Back Online

Posted by kdawson on from the back-after-a-good-long-hunker dept.

PinkyGigglebrain sends us news that the Mars rovers have survived the dust storms that have swept the surface of Mars for the last 6 weeks. How well they survived remains to be seen. Due to a combination of dust still suspended in the atmosphere and dust on the rovers' solar panels, they are only producing about half the power they normally would. The article is a little sparse on the exact health of the rovers but it's good to know they are still with us.

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  1. Don't mess around with the Register... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    So the site didn't get too many details? Just go to the NASA page... Convienient NASA website

  2. More-convenient Mars Rovers page by AySz88 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's the actual mission site that has more than just multimedia: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html The mission status update page is particularly helpful: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html

  3. Hundreds Of Years Later... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...someone deciphers the alien lettering scrawled in the dust on Opportunity's solar panel as reading "wash me."