Diagnostics Tests Find No Wheel Stall on Spirit

During the last set of drive commands uploaded to the Martian rover Spirit, engineers have encountered a problem in one of the rover's wheels, which jammed when the time came to spin. The entire drive attempt was therefore stopped by the robot's onboard computer, so as not to make i... [ read more >> ]

Spirit's right-rear wheel is fully functional and obstacle free, diagnostics tests reveal

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Spirit's right-rear wheel is fully functional and obstacle free, diagnostics tests reveal