The Last Signal

AI-narrated documentary

Spirit: in its own words

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Chapters

  1. 01Born
  2. 02Launch
  3. 03Landing
  4. 04Life’s work
  5. 05Last signal
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Born

Born on Earth. Resting among the stars.

Engineers assembling a rover in a cleanroom (AI-generated placeholder)
Assembly · JPL

Opportunity's twin. Spirit climbed the Columbia Hills and, even with one wheel dragging, uncovered nearly pure silica that pointed to ancient hot springs.

Builder
JPL
Mass
185 kg
Height
1.5 m
Type
Rover

3D model

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Launch day

A rocket lifting off at night (AI-generated placeholder)

10 June 2003
Delta II 7925
Space Launch Complex 17A

Landing

4 January 2004
Gusev crater
Airbag landing

Life’s work

They went where we couldn’t.

  1. No. 01

    Gusev crater

    2004

    Landed on 4 January 2004 in a crater thought to hold an ancient lake bed.

  2. No. 02

    Columbia Hills

    2004–2005

    Climbed the hills and reached the summit of Husband Hill in 2005.

  3. No. 03

    Silica

    2007

    A dragging wheel churned up soil that was nearly pure silica.

  4. No. 04

    Troy

    2009–2010

    Wheels broke through a crust into soft sand and Spirit could not get free.

Last signal

22.03.2010 · last signal

Stuck in soft sand at a spot called Troy since 2009, Spirit could not tilt its panels toward the winter sun. It last called home on 22 March 2010.

Twin

No. 10 · Opportunity · 2004–2018

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Sources

Resting on Mars. Photos on this page are AI-generated placeholders until credited archive images are added.