OTD In Space - January 25: Opportunity Rover Lands on Mars

On January 25, 2004, NASA's Opportunity rover landed on Mars! This was the second of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers to ...
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NASA's mars rover Opportunity concludes a nearly 15-year mission

The golf cart-size rover was designed to last only three months, but proved itself to be an unexpected endurance athlete. It traveled more than the distance of a marathon when less than half a mile ...
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NASA’s Opportunity Rover Sends Terrifying Final Message After 15 Years On Mars

NASA’s Opportunity rover has officially concluded its groundbreaking mission on Mars, sending its final signals to Earth and leaving behind a legacy that reshaped our understanding of the Red Planet.
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NASA’s Opportunity rover celebrates a decade on Mars

This year, NASA’s scientific rover Opportunity celebrated a milestone. It has been exploring Mars for ten years, even though it was only supposed to operate for three months. John Callas is the ...
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8 minute time-lapse condenses the NASA Opportunity rover’s 11 year journey

The Opportunity rover is quite a beast, as far as rovers are concerned. Not only does it refuse to die, but it takes selfies as well. Originally slated for a 90-day mission beginning on January 24, ...
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NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity Concludes a 15-Year Mission

The longest-lived robot ever sent from Earth to the surface of another planet, Opportunity snapped pictures of a strange landscape and revealed surprising glimpses into the distant past of Mars for ...