[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Update - June 8, 2004

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Jun 8 17:44:50 2004
Message-ID: <200406082144.OAA09681_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html

SPIRIT UPDATE: Keep On Rovin' - sol 145-147, June 08, 2004

On sol 145, Spirit completed a 43-meter (141 feet)
engineer-directed drive and then spent two hours roving
another 55 meters (180 feet) using the autonomous
navigation software.

Spirit roved 61 meters (200 feet) on sol 146, and 52 meters
(171 feet) on sol 147. At its current rate, the rover is on
schedule for a sol 160 arrival at the base of the "Columbia
Hills."

Spirit currently has a total of 2.98 kilometers (1.85 miles)
on its odometer.
Received on Tue 08 Jun 2004 05:44:37 PM PDT