Spirit Breaks Free in Race for Survival
Spirits solar panels are dusty. Hopefully it can survive this winter, but I have my doubts. That Rover has done a heck of a job and I hope it gives us another Mars year of exploration.
In typical unflagging fashion, Spirit has managed to break free of piles of soil built up around the wheels in a low, sandy area that the rover's handlers have nicknamed "Tartarus," after a deep, underworld dungeon in Greek mythology. Team members are pulling out all the stops to get Spirit to a winter location where, based on solar power projections, the rover has a chance at survival.