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Opportunity Just Saw its 5,000th Sunrise on Mars

19 Feb , 2018 by Matt Williams

The Opportunity rover just experienced its 5000th sunrise on Mars and is still revealing things about the Martian surface.

Opportunity Starts Historic Descent of Tantalizing Martian Gully to Find Out How Was It Carved

27 Jul , 2017 by Ken Kremer

From the precipice of “Perseverance Valley” NASA’s teenaged Red Planet robot Opportunity has begun the historic first ever descent of an ancient Martian gully – that’s simultaneously visually and scientifically “tantalizing” – on an expedition to discern ‘How was it carved?’; by water or other means, Jim Green, NASA’s Planetary Sciences Chief tells Universe Today.

Opportunity Reaches ‘Perseverance Valley’ Precipice – Ancient Fluid Carved Gully on Mars

17 Jun , 2017 by Ken Kremer

Now well into her 13th year roving the Red Planet, NASA’s astoundingly resilient Opportunity rover has arrived at the precipice of “Perseverance Valley” – overlooking the upper end of an ancient fluid-carved valley on Mars “possibly water-cut” that flows down into the unimaginably vast eeriness of alien Endeavour crater.

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Opportunity Just Saw its 5,000th Sunrise on Mars

Opportunity Starts Historic Descent of Tantalizing Martian Gully to Find Out How Was It Carved

Opportunity Reaches ‘Perseverance Valley’ Precipice – Ancient Fluid Carved Gully on Mars

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