Update on the Spirit Rover.

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Well there has not been much activity on the NASA website since February 24th. Seems like Spirit is currently still in its last position. Stuck in the sandy soil. The solar panel is still collecting the suns rays and generating some needed power. Nasa has found an innovative use of Spirit while it is in its motionless state.

The stationary radio signal is used to measure the Mars rotation and movements around the sun. This is certainly one creative use of Spirit that stilltrying to survive the Martian winter. It does not seem likely that the issues associated with the damaged wheel will allow Spirit to ever move beyond its current location. Once summer arrives on Mars and Spirit is still operational, it  will be interesting to see if Nasa has some tricks up its sleeve to get Spirit moving again.

Source: Nasa

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