NASA’s Opportunity rover celebrates 12th anniversary on Mars
When the Opportunity made its Mars landing on January 24th, 2004, NASA believed the rover would only last about 90 days, due to the Red Planet’s dusty nature. But, thanks to unexpected winds which kept Opportunity’s solar panels clean, that obviously never happened. This week, the aging rover celebrated 12 years on Mars, at least in terms of Earth time — one Martian year is equivalent to roughly 1.9 of ours.
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