What is the highest peak climbed by the Spirit rover?

Husband Hill was the highest peak climbed by NASA’s Spirit rover. Spirit reached its summit on August 21, 2005, becoming the first spacecraft to climb a mountain or hill on another planet. The ascent took place in the Columbia Hills inside Mars’s Gusev Crater.

Husband Hill rises about 107 meters above the surrounding plains. Spirit spent months carefully working its way uphill across difficult terrain, stopping to study rocks and soil along the route. After reaching the summit plateau, the rover examined outcrops and captured panoramic views of the surrounding landscape before beginning its descent on September 25, 2005.

The hill was named for Rick Husband, commander of the Space Shuttle Columbia, which was lost during atmospheric reentry in 2003. Spirit’s climb is sometimes confused with Mount Sharp, the much larger mountain explored by Curiosity in Gale Crater, or Olympus Mons, the tallest known volcano in the Solar System. Grissom Hill is another feature in the Columbia Hills, but it was not Spirit’s highest climbed peak.