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NASA’s Resilient Rover Opportunity Begins Year 9 On Mars with Audacious Science Ahead

January 26, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Today, the resilient Opportunity robot begins her 9th year roving around beautifully Earth-like Martian terrain where potentially life sustaining liquid water once flowed billions of years ago. Opportunity celebrates her 8th anniversary on the Red Planet gazing at the foothills of [...]

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Opportunity arrives at Greeley Haven – 5th Winter Haven Worksite on Mars

January 23, 2012

NASA’s seemingly indestructible Opportunity rover has arrived at the breathtaking location where she’ll be working through her unfathomable 5th Martian Winter. The Opportunity Mars Exploration Rover has not only endured, but flourished for 8 years of unending “Exploration & Discovery” on the Red Planet despite having an expected lifetime at landing of just 3 months, [...]

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Opportunity Discovers Most Powerful Evidence Yet for Martian Liquid Water

December 11, 2011

NASA’s long lived Opportunity rover has discovered the most scientifically compelling evidence yet for the flow of liquid water on ancient Mars. The startling revelation comes in the form of a bright vein of the mineral gypsum located at the foothills of an enormous crater named Endeavour, where the intrepid robot is currently traversing. See [...]

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NASA Robot seeks Goldmine of Science and Sun at Martian Hill along vast Crater

November 4, 2011

NASA’s intrepid robogirl Opportunity is now swiftly scouting out locations at a Martian hill along gigantic Endeavour crater that would simultaneously proffer a goldmine of sun and science as her power level drops significantly in these waning days of Martian autumn ahead of the absolutely brutal and potentially deadly 6 month long Antarctic winter that’s [...]

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Opportunity spotted Exploring vast Endeavour Crater from Mars Orbit

September 26, 2011

Opportunity has just been imaged in high resolution at Endeavour crater by a powerful NASA camera orbiting overhead in Mars orbit. The new image (see above) was snapped while NASA’s long lived robot was climbing a hilltop offering spectacular panoramic vistas peering into the vast crater which is some 14 miles (22 km) wide. The [...]

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