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• Spirit rover clocks up six years on Mars

  Still battling on from Red Planet sand trap

  NASA's Spirit Mars rover today passes its sixth anniversary on the Red Planet, albeit bogged down in sandy soil which looks likely to be its final resting place. Spirit arrived on Mars at 8:35 pm PST on 3 January, 2004 (04:35 GMT on 4 January), followed by its twin Opportunity on 24 January. The pair were intitially expected …

  Science 3 Jan 2010, 09:02