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Re: Mars dust storms suck life out of rovers
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Originally Posted by Cynette
Any update on the Rovers and the dust storm impacts? I think I heard that they were still hanging in there. Is that right?
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The best source of information on status of the Rovers is the MER mission website.
The latest update (about 10 days ago) indicated that the skies were beginning to clear, the rovers are producing enough power to fully charge their batteries, and Spirit had even resumed science operations with its arm. Of course, it's possible that the dust conditions could reverse and put the rovers in danger again, or some other problems could arise, but now it seems things are pretty encouraging for the rovers to continue their extended exploration of Mars.
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