Spirit Rover Gets A Windfall
Controllers driving the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover will get some extra mileage in the coming weeks as it continues the search for silica deposits, following an apparently fortuitous wind that blew accumulated dust off its solar arrays. Fresh off a troublesome loss of control in January (Aerospace...
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