
I photographed the Mars Rover Spirit examples in Virginia and Oregon.
I first saw the one at the Evergreen Museum in 2015. When I returned a few years later the rover on display is clearly a simplified version of the one that was there earlier.
Mars Rover Spirit
Virginia Air & Space Science Center 2026
Mars Rover Spirit
Evergreen Museum 2015
Mars Rover Spirit (replica)
Three years later and the museum had clearly swapped out a detailed example (above) for this simplified replica.