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Rover's scamper slowed by study
Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, February 17, 2004

Posted on 02/16/2004 10:15:12 PM PST by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:13:24 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Spirit rover went for its longest trip yet on the surface of Mars, traveling more than 88 feet but stopping short of the distance that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration had hoped it would cover, scientists said yesterday.


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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: jpl; mars; nasa; rover; spirit
Tuesday, February 17, 2004

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