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Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 11, 2023 - Earth planning date: Friday, December 8, 2023: As we climb through the terrain, which is beautiful to look at with its steep topography, we are on the lookout for all the differences in the rocks. A
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I don't normally post about science on the weekends, but this is too good to not tell you. Back in January of 2004, we successfully landed two rovers -- Spirit and Opportunity -- on opposite hemispheres of Mars. The views were immediately spectacular (click image for the full version).
Can you imagine driving around on roadless terrain with a four wheel drive vehicle for eight years and not ever changing a tire, getting a tuneup, adjusting the suspension, replacing the hydraulics or brakes, or doing any other service whatsoever on your vehicle? I've actually done that, and I'm here to tell you, you can't do that! But Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has, in fact, done it.
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Perseverance will be the fifth rover to arrive on Mars that’s capable of venturing across the surface of another planet. These amazing laboratories on wheels have extended our knowledge of a faraway world. Here’s what they’ve told us so far. The first rover - Sojourner Twenty years after Viking 1 & 2 landed stationary probes on Mars, a third spacecraft finally reached the planet, but this one could move. On July 4, 1997, NASA’s Pathfinder literally bounced onto the Martian surface, safely enclosed in a giant set of airbags. Once stable, the lander released the Sojourner rover. See the Sojourner probe from Pathfinder’s viewpoint.