Science and Exploration

NASA Rover Opportunity’s Improbable Anniversary

By Marc Boucher
Status Report
June 27, 2013
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NASA Rover Opportunity’s Improbable Anniversary
NASA Rover Opportunity's improbable anniversary.
NASA

When Opportunity left Earth in 2003, many observers expected the rover to survive no more than a few months on the hostile surface of Mars. 10 years later, Opportunity is still going strong and could be poised to make its biggest discoveries yet at a place named Solander Point.

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