Spirit: A Martian Story

We all know what happened to Voyager in the far future when it returned to Earth as V'ger in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.  So, can we imagine Spirit, the Mars robotic rover which was active between 2004 and 2010 having a similar fate? Unlikely as it became stuck in soft Martian soil and has been static since then. So, Spirit is going nowhere.  However, this animation by Craft Short Films, interspersed with commentary by Steve Squyres, the chief investigator of Spirit’s Martian mishap, gives us a much cosier future for this particular permanently parked planetary peregrinator.

Crafty delivers snack-sized narrative and nonfiction stories with heart, releasing a new short film every Wednesday. 

Watch the charming short below.