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Old January 4th 04, 04:56 AM
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Default MER-A is on the ground!

....Strong signal is being received from the Rover, carrier is locked
by Goldstone, and the Rover finally settled right-side up. Landing bag
retraction will commence in ~2 mins.

And yes, the JPL folks are all over themselves with joy, and
deservedly so!

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