Here's Ron Baalke's posting of the latest status in sci.space.news:
From:
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
Subject: Mars Exploration Rovers Update - May 17, 2005
Followup-To: sci.space.policy
Date: 17 May 2005 16:34:27 -0700
Sol 466 (May 16, 2005): Results from the sol 465 drive were good
(some
wheel cleats are clean and the rover is making forward progress), so
the
team commanded a drive that, if there were no slippage, would roll 4
meters (13 feet), consisting of ten 40-centimeter (16 inch) steps.
Opportunity gained an additional 2.7 centimeters (1.1 inch).
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