How does a Mars rover last 10 years? The answer is blowin' in the wind

Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 20:20 in Astronomy & Space

NASA's Opportunity rover is still around to celebrate Friday's 10th anniversary of its landing on Mars mostly due to the skill of the engineers and scientists who built it and are guiding it to this day — but some of the credit has to go to the Red Planet's winds.

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