Silent Spirit ? Long Winter Ahead
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class="wp-caption-text">Mosaic of the area adjacent to ?Home Plate? where Spirit remains stuck as 4th Martain winter experienced by Spirit approaches. Spirit has entered hibernation as of March 30, 2010 due to tripping a low power fault as a result of declining sunlight. Mosaic shows smooth area, foreground, that concealed slippery water related sulfate material where rover became stuck, but made great Science Discoveries ! Will Spirit survive the extremely harsh bone chilling cold temperatures of winter ? Credit: Kenneth Kremer, Marco DiLorenzo, NASA/JPL/Cornell/Spaceflight Now
The
href="http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/mars/mars-rover/" class="alinks_links" title="" rel="external">Mars rover
href="http://www.universetoday.com/2010/03/28/spirit-freezing-we-will-move-her-if-we-can/">Spirit has entered her long anticipated low power hibernation mode according to a statement released by NASA?s Jet
href="http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/spaceflight/propulsion-systems/" class="alinks_links" title="" rel="external">Propulsion Laboratory late Wednesday (March 31).
href="http://www.universetoday.com/2010/03/03/spirit-hunkered-down-for-winter-stuck-forever-maybe-not/">Spirit skipped her scheduled downlink on
href="http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/the-sun/sol/" class="alinks_links" title="" rel="external">Sol 2218 (March 30, 2010) via the Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) relay through the
href="http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/mars/" class="alinks_links" title="" rel="external">Mars Odyssey orbiter from her location on the
href="http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/mars/mars-surface/" class="alinks_links" title="" rel="external">Martian surface at Gusev crater. No telemetry was received from Spirit and there was no evidence of a UHF signal.
?Well, we knew it was coming… in fact, I'm surprised it didn't happen earlier?, Steve Squyres told me today, April 1. Squyres is the Chief Scientist for the Mars rover twins, Spirit and Opportunity.
?The href="http://www.universetoday.com/2010/03/03/spirit-hunkered-down-for-winter-stuck-forever-maybe-not/">vehicle is all tucked in and ready to hibernate, and we have high hopes that we'll be back in business come springtime. But it's gonna be a long winter,? Squyres added.(...)
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