NASA Rover Approaches Hilltop Over Mars Valley
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
NASA’s Mars rover Spirit has almost reached the top of a set of Martian hills that was its initial destination when it landed more than a year ago and is set to observe a new landscape dubbed the “Tennessee Valley.”
The rover, which has traveled a total of 2.6 miles from its landing spot, spent 72 days climbing to just below the crest of the Columbia Hills, a 100-yard rise. Spirit is still in “excellent health,” managers said.
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