Red Rover Goes to Mars, 20 years later
Twenty years ago, a Planetary Society program sent students to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to work on the Mars Exploration Rovers program.
Source: planetary.org
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Twenty years ago, a Planetary Society program sent students to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to work on the Mars Exploration Rovers program.
The twin rovers launched weeks apart and far outlasted their intended missions, discovering clear evidence of water on the Red Planet.
Opportunity also fondly known as 'Oppy' explored the Mars for more than 14 years making it NASA's longest-running Mars rover.