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Bookmark or Share- 20 Years After Landing: How NASA’s Twin Rovers Changed Mars ScienceIn January 2004, twin NASA rovers named Spirit and Opportunity touched down on opposite sides of Mars, kicking off a new era of interplanetary robotic exploration. They arrived in dramatic fashion three weeks apart, each nestled in a cluster of airbags that bounced along the surface around 30 times before coming to a stop and deflating.
- Six Things to Know About NASA's Opportunity Mars RoverAfter 15 years, the mission of NASA's Opportunity rover has come to an end, but its successes on Mars have earned it a spot in the robot hall of fame. Here's what you need to know about our intrepid Martian overachiever: 1. Opportunity was a twin.
- No, the Last Words of NASA's Opportunity Rover Weren't 'My Battery Is ...Last week, NASA announced that its long-lived Opportunity Mars Rover had finally died after nearly 15 years exploring the surface of the Red Planet.
- Opportunity - NASA ScienceThe Opportunity rover searched for ancient water on Mars, and found evidence that the Red Planet once had a period when it was wet enough, for long enough, that it could have sustained microbial life. The rover's original 90-day mission became an extraordinary 15 years, until the rover finally succumbed to a dust storm.
- Opportunity (rover) - WikipediaOpportunity, also known as MER-B (Mars Exploration Rover – B) or MER-1, and nicknamed Oppy, is a robotic rover that was active on Mars from 2004 until 2018. [1] Opportunity was operational on Mars for 5111 sols (14 years, 138 days on Earth).
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