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The Most Vulgar Character Of All Time! The Beeped Out Every Single Word He Said.

The Most Vulgar Character Of All Time! The Beeped Out Every Single Word He Said.

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NASA Says A Final Goodbye To Plucky Mars Rover

And what a noble Spirit she was! Farewell my love.

NASA has pulled the plug on one of its two Mars rovers. Spirit hasn’t been heard from in more than a year, and now the space agency says it’s abandoning hope that it will hear from the rover again.

Any disappointment that Spirit’s mission has come to an end has to be tempered by the fantastic success of the robotic explorer. Intended to last 90 days, Spirit operated in Gusev Crater on Mars for more than six Earth years.

An artist's depiction of NASA's Spirit rover on the surface of Mars. Spirit became unresponsive in March 2010. NASA announced it had ended attempts to communicate with the rover on May 24, 2011.

Listen to the rest of the story here.

Also see “The Legacy of Mars Rover Spirit” below.

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