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July 08, 2013

Opportunity's Improbable Anniversary
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 03, 2013
When NASA's Mars rover Opportunity blasted off from Cape Canaveral in 2003, many onlookers expected a relatively short mission. Landing on Mars is risky business. The Red Planet has a long history of destroying spacecraft that attempt to visit it. Even if Opportunity did land safely, it was only designed for a 3-month mission on the hostile Martian surface. Few, if any, imagined that Opportunity would still be roving the red sands of Mars--and still making discoveries--ten years later. On Ju ... read more

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