Saturday, January 24, 2015

NASA's Opportunity Has Now Explored the Martian Surface for 11 Years

NASA's Opportunity Has Now Explored the Martian Surface for 11 Years


Eleven years ago today—in fact, at this very minute (12:05 am ET)—NASA's Opportunity rover touched down on Mars for what was supposed to be a 90-day mission. Since then, Opportunity has proven to be an engineering marvel by traveling almost 26 miles on the Martian surface, more than any other off-Earth surface vehicle.


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