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Nature 427, 89 (8 January 2004) | doi:10.1038/427089a

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Rover barks before Beagle as Mars success lifts NASA's spirits

Tony Reichhardt

After landing on Mars on 3 January, NASA's Spirit rover is now flexing its mechanical limbs and surveying its surroundings before heading out to explore. Scientists and engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, who operate the desk-sized robot, are itching to investigate the various features seen in the pictures of the martian surface returned by the rover.

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