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| | Rover Passes 400 'sols' on Mars |
 | | The Spirit rover passed its 401st sol, or Martian day, Thursday, marking 311 more sols than its original mission design, NASA officials said. |
 | | After more than 13 Earth months on the red planet, Spirit's solar panels have collected a fine layer of dust, which has reduced its energy levels, but the golf-cart-sized rover continues to operate normally. |
 | | The rock, which mission scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory nicknamed Peace, is part of an outcropping in the Columbia Hills, which rim Gusev Crater, the vast flat plain where Spirit landed in January 2004. |
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