Trailblazing Mars Rover Celebrates 10 Years on Red Planet

Friday, January 24, 2014 - 07:40 in Astronomy & Space

The Opportunity rover landed on Jan. 24, 2004, three weeks after its twin, Spirit. Spirit explored the Red Planet until 2010 and Opportunity keeps rolling along to this day, gathering more and more clues about Mars' warmer and wetter past.

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