Axodys

Great news on the Mars exploration front. Spirit, the first of two Mars rovers, [successfully landed](http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/01/03/mars.rovers/index.html) just a short while ago and sent a signal back to Earth.

Weblogger Susan Kitchens had some pretty good [live coverage](http://www.2020hindsight.org/2004/01/03.html#a3945) as well at the Planetary Society’s [Wild About Mars](http://planetary.org/wam/index.html) progam as well.

I can’t wait to hear more about what Spirit’s explorations in the coming weeks. What a great day for NASA. It’s nice to see the space program achieve some success for a change.