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Mars Rover Opportunity
Memory Problems for Spirit Rover
November 4, 2009 | NASA JPL

The Spirit Rover on Mars has been failing to store its daily data before powering down. This memory problem may slow plans to dislodge the craft from the soils of Troy, where it has been stuck since April.


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