Looks like the Spirit is back on track to full operation.
As for the ailing Spirit rover, NASA deleted 1,700 files from its flash memory Friday and then rebooted the rover.
"I am pleased to report it appears to be working just fine," said Glenn Reeves, chief engineer for the rover's flight software. He said NASA should be able to declare Spirit "fully recovered" by Sunday.
Fantastic news. If you are interested, it sounds like the problem was software related—the OS may have run out RAM just trying to manage the files on the flash file system. Read on to find out more about what makes Spirit tick inside.