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To: Win Smith who started this subject	1/4/2004 7:44:48 AM
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Space Probe Lands on Mars By John Noble Wilford NYT January 4, 2004 nytimes.com PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 3 — An American spacecraft, the robotic roving vehicle called Spirit, landed on Mars late Saturday night and radioed home that it was apparently safe and ready for three months' searching for signs of water in the planet's early history. The first signals of success were intermittent and inconclusive as Spirit appeared to be bouncing and rolling over the surface. The suspense ended when flight controllers reported the reception of a "strong signal" from the rover's small antenna. ... Congratulations. Too bad that no Beagle 2 signals are received (yet?). washingtonpost.com I've searched the NASA Rover Mission home page but haven't found one of the new Mars surface images there yet. NASA Rover Sends Photos Back From Mars nytimes.com marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov Yahoo!, as usual, offers a "full coverage" site: story.news.yahoo.com A slide show is available: story.news.yahoo.com

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