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MER-A Hanging On…

November 21st, 2008 Posted in Mars by Ken Mankoff

Below is a two-part image from The Planetary Society showing clean and dirty solar panels on MER-A (Spirit) on Mars. It is no wonder it is on the edge of survival. With luck, a small tornado will hit the rover and clean off the panels. It has happened before.

Dust cover on MER-A

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