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Spirit Wheels Digging into Soft Ground, Sol 1899
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Spirit Wheels Digging into Soft Ground, Sol 1899

Spirit Wheels Digging into Soft Ground, Sol 1899

NASA's image library records Spirit Wheels Digging into Soft Ground, Sol 1899.

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

Wheel slippage during attempts to extricate NASA Mars Rover Spirit from a patch of soft ground during the preceding two weeks had partially buried the wheels by the 1,899th Martian day, or sol, of the Spirit mission on Mars May 6, 2009.

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A CLOSER LOOK

Wheel slippage during attempts to extricate NASA Mars Rover Spirit from a patch of soft ground during the preceding two weeks had partially buried the wheels by the 1,899th Martian day, or sol, of the Spirit mission on Mars May 6, 2009.

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NASA Image and Video LibrarySpirit Wheels Digging into Soft Ground, Sol 1899

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