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MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2004
0502 GMT (12:02 a.m. EST)

The Spirit rover's high-gain antenna has been unlocked and deployed, officials confirm! Shaped like a giant lollipop, this antenna on the top of the rover is the primary route for higher-speed communications from Spirit to Earth. The first use of the antenna to beam information to Mission Control is expected shortly.

NASA reprocessed the above panorama to yield an "impossible" overhead shot:

1 posted on 01/04/2004 9:25:12 PM PST by petuniasevan

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Here we go again folks... why not donate now and help get this fundraiser over with!

2 posted on 01/04/2004 9:30:09 PM PST by Support Free Republic (Hi Mom! Hi Dad!)

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3 posted on 01/04/2004 9:34:15 PM PST by petuniasevan (Caught you reading my taglines again!)

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I got dibs for a log cabin on the southern edge of that mountain on the horizon!

5 posted on 01/05/2004 8:07:13 AM PST by theDentist (Tagline deamed un-inhabitable. Condemned. New Location sought....)

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