Rejuvenated Spirit Drills Hole Into Rock

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LOS ANGELES -- Fresh from being given a clean bill of health, the Spirit rover drilled its first tiny hole in a rock on the surface of Mars, NASA scientists said Saturday.

"We made some history here. We put the first planned hole on Mars," said Stephen Gorevan, a scientist handling some of Spirit's workload.

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Rejuvenated Spirit Drills Hole Into Rock

A tool equipped with small, diamond-shaped heads cut 2.7 millimeters deep into a small area of...

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