LOS ANGELES (AP) -- NASA's surviving Mars rover Opportunity has reached the rim of a 14-mile-wide crater where the robot geologist will examine rocks older than any it has seen in its seven years on the surface of the red planet, scientists said Wednesday....
Nasa Rover Reaches Rim Of Big Martian Crater
By ALICIA CHANG, Associated Press
Wed, 08/10/2011 - 6:29pm
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