Listening to: Enter Sandman - Metallica

I was a little behind the ball on this one. Spirit has been on Mars for 1000+ days… what an absolutely amazing feat of engineering, science and exploration (remember, it was designed for a 90 day mission).

Oct. 26, 2006, marks Spirit’s 1,000th sol of what was planned as a 90-sol mission. (A sol is a Martian day, which lasts 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds). The rover has lived through the most challenging part of its second Martian winter. Its solar power levels are rising again. Spring in the southern hemisphere of Mars will begin in early 2007.

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