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Annotated Columbia Hills panorama from the Spirit landing site Spirit was targeted to a site that appears to have been affected by liquid water in the past, the crater Gusev , a possible former lake in a giant impact crater about 10 km (6.2 mi) from the center of the target ellipse [ 2 ] at 14°34′18″S 175°28′43″E / 14.5718°S ...
Opportunity was to visit the "Etched Terrain" and Spirit was to climb a rocky slope toward the top of Husband Hill. On August 21, 2005, Spirit reached the summit of Husband Hill after 581 sols and a journey of 4.81 kilometers (2.99 mi). Spirit's front right wheel ceased working on March 13, 2006, while the rover was moving itself to McCool Hill.
Spirit, also known as MER-A (Mars Exploration Rover – A) or MER-2, is a Mars robotic rover, active from 2004 to 2010. [4] Spirit was operational on Mars for 2208 sols or 3.3 Martian years (2269 days; 6 years, 77 days). It was one of two rovers of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
Gusev crater was one of three candidates for a landing site for the Mars 2020 rover as of 2017. [22] Columbia Hills was previously explored by Spirit rover, [22] which after several years of activity stopped communicating in 2010. Other landing site candidates for the Mars 2020 rover, by 2017, were Northeast Syrtis (Syrtis Major)and Jezero ...
A Spirit Airlines flight from Jamaica to Florida saw chaotic scenes as its pilot told frightened passengers to prepare for an emergency water landing.. Flight NK270 was forced to return to the ...
A Spirit Airlines flight to Florida had to turn around and make an emergency landing in Maryland Friday night because of a problem with the engine.
A Rossiya Airlines Boeing 777-300ER cargo plane made an emergency landing in Moscow during a 2021 flight from Hong Kong to Madrid due to a problem with the engine control sensor, the airline said ...
Contact lost 20 seconds after transmission started, 110 seconds after landing. [12] [13] PrOP-M: Rover Carrier vehicle failed before rover was deployed First rover to make a soft landing on another planet. 4.5 kg (9.9 lb) rover connected to the Mars 3 lander by a tether. Deployment status unknown due to loss of communications with the Mars 3 ...