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NASA Opportunity Rover Just Experienced Its 5000th Martian Dawn
Saturday, February 17 marked the 5000th local day (sol) of operations for NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover, which was originally designed to last for just 90 sols after its January 2004 landing date, but has instead continued to set milestones like completing a marathon-length tour of its surroundings and taking huge composite photos of its new…
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Mars’s Marathon Valley Sure Is Pretty
When NASA’s Opportunity rover paused to take in its surroundings earlier this month, it had quite a views. This is what it saw from the edge of the Endeavour Crater, a part of the planet that’s been dubbed Marathon Valley.