In an attempt to understand the conditions under which Spirit has become stuck, NASA team members have created a test setup that simulates the situation the rover faces in a soil patch on Mars called Troy. Colette Lohr (left) and Kim Lichtenberg (center) watch the wheels dig into the soil as Paolo Bellutta pilots the test vehicle in an attempt to engineer a solution to the problem.
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