NASA's Opportunity Mars Rover Finishes Marathon, Clocks in
at Just Over 11 Years
This
illustration depicts some highlights along the route as NASA's Mars Exploration
Rover Opportunity drove as far as a marathon race during the first 11 years and
two months after its January 2004 landing in Eagle Crater. The vehicle
surpassed marathon distance of 26.219 miles (42.195 kilometers) with a drive
completed on March 24, 2015, during the 3,968th Martian day, or sol, of
Opportunity's work on Mars. For this map, north is on the left.
Image
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./USGS/Arizona State Univ.
March
24, 2015 NASA
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