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A NASA rover mired in soft soil on Mars made its first escape attempt in months Tuesday, but the maneuver lasted less than a second before safety precautions shut it down.
The Spirit rover, which like its more mobile twin Opportunity was delivered to the Red Planet in 2004 , has been stationary since May as mission managers sought to devise a plan to extricate it from a patch of rocks and loose soil known as Troy. -
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