Courtesy of Ron Baalke on news://sci.astro , WHERE'S SPIRIT RIGHT NOW? June 11, 2003 I've added a "Where's Spirit Right Now?' page to the MER website: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/mission/spiritrightnow.html The page will track the position of Spirit (formerly MER-A) from Earth to Mars until arrival at Mars in January 2004. Five views are currently provided and are updated every 10 minutes: o Overhead view of the inner solar system showing the spacecraft's trajectory from Earth to Mars, and the spacecraft's current position. o Mars as seen by Spirit (Mars will get bigger as the spacecraft approaches) o Earth as seen by Spirit (large view of Earth currently being displayed) o Looking down on Spirit (a closer view of Spirit's position) o Looking down on Earth, showing the spacecraft's position relative to the Earth-Moon system. Ron Baalke
