Controllers Cheer as Data Arrive from NASA's Spirit Rover
Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 18:28
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit communicated via the Mars Odyssey orbiter today right at the time when ground controllers had told it to, prompting shouts of "She's talking!" among the rover team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
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