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Spirit shimmies sideways, sols 1,713-1,715

Spirit shimmies sideways, sols 1,713-1,715
Spirit shimmies sideways, sols 1,713-1,715 Spirit continued its attempt to bump up the slope of Home Plate on sol 1,715, but its attempt to drive upward resulted in a sideways shimmy instead. An animation of Spirit's motion from sols 1,709 to 1,715 can be downloaded here (Quicktime format, 340 kb). NASA / JPL-Caltech / animation by Michael Howard