Controllers Cheer as Data Arrive from NASA's Spirit Rover

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 17:21 in Astronomy & Space

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit communicated via the Mars Odyssey orbiter today right at the time when ground controllers had told it to, prompting shouts of "She's talking!" among the rover team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

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