Wheel Failure Prevents Climb To Recharge Batteries
NASA announced Tuesday that after three attempts, the Mars Rover
Spirit -- hampered by a failed wheel -- has failed to reach its
preferred destination to wait out the Martian winter, and will
instead rest on a closer, lower slope.
A ground-breaking new display at the EAA AirVenture Museum will
explore the rapidly emerging era of civilian spacecraft and space
tourism when it is dedicated during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2006,
which will take place July 24-30 at Wittman Regional Airport in
Oshkosh.
The landing of the Space Shuttle Columbia on April 14, 1981, at
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base,
Calif., capped what was perhaps the greatest test flight in
history...
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