The Mars Rover MER B , better known as Opportunity , is stuck in a sand dune about 30 centimeters tall in Meridiani Plunum . The Rover had just discovered a pair of tiny craters when its six wheels got stuck in the dune and the Rover stopped dead. "A note to all you Opportunity fans: Get used to the current scenery, because we’re going to be here awhile," Steve Squyres, lead scientist on the Rover team at Cornell University in Ithaca , New York wrote in his blog. "We are very optimistic that we’ll be able to get out of here, but we’re really going to take our time doing it." Squyres also noted: "We've gotten dug in before and gotten out just fine, so this isn't cause for immediate concern."
The Mars Rover , better known as , is stuck in a sand dune about 30 centimeters tall in . The Rover had just discovered a pair of tiny craters when its six wheels got stuck in the dune and the Rover stopped dead. "A note to all you Opportunity fans: Get used to the current scenery, because we’re going to be here awhile," Steve Squyres, lead scientist on the Rover team at Cornell University in , New York wrote in his blog. "We are very optimistic that we’ll be able to get out of here, but we’re really going to take our time doing it." Squyres also noted: "We've gotten dug in before and gotten out just fine, so this isn't cause for immediate concern."
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