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New Record Five-Wheel Drive, Spirit's Sol 1856 (Tri-chromatic Version; credits: Lunar Explorer Italia)
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Caption NASA:"NASA's MER Spirit used its NavCam to take the images that have been combined into this 180-degree view of the Rover's surroundings during the 1856th Sol of Spirit's surface mission (such as March 23, 2009). The center of the view is toward the West-South-West.
The Rover had driven 25,82 mt (84,7 feet) West-NorthWestward earlier on Sol 1856. This is the longest drive on Mars so far by a Rover using only 5 wheels. Spirit lost the use of its right-front wheel in March 2006. Before Sol 1856, the farthest Spirit had covered in a single Sol's 5-wheel drive was 24,83 meters (81,5 feet), on Sol 1363 (Nov. 3, 2007).
The Sol 1856 drive made progress on a route planned for taking Spirit around the western side of the low plateau called Home Plate.
A portion of the North-Western edge of Home Plate is prominent in the left quarter of this image, toward the South.
This view is presented as a cylindrical projection with geometric seam correction".
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