{"id":10009,"date":"2024-01-24T18:10:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T22:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/celebrating-nasas-spirit-and-opportunity-rovers-mars-landings\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T18:10:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T22:10:51","slug":"celebrating-nasas-spirit-and-opportunity-rovers-mars-landings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/celebrating-nasas-spirit-and-opportunity-rovers-mars-landings\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating NASA\u2019s Spirit and Opportunity Rovers\u2019 Mars Landings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celebrating NASA\u2019s Spirit and Opportunity Rovers\u2019 Mars Landings<\/h2>\n

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NASA\u2019s twin rovers, Spirit<\/a> and Opportunity<\/a>, stand on the Martian landscape in this poster created to commemorate their 20th<\/sup> landing anniversary<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The rovers landed in January 2004, on opposite sides of the planet in locales that scientists suspected had been affected by liquid water in the past. Their main scientific objective was to search for a range of rocks and soil types and then look for clues for past water activity on Mars\u2014and what they found rewrote textbooks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition to proving that water once existed on Mars, the rovers also far exceeded their initial planned lifetimes. Spirit operated for 6 years, 2 months, and 19 days, more than 25 times its original intended lifetime, and Opportunity operated for almost 15 years, setting several records.<\/p>\n

Download the poster free here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Image Credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/em><\/p>\n

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NASA\u2019s twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, stand on the Martian landscape in this poster created to commemorate their 20th landing anniversary. The rovers landed in January 2004, on opposite sides of the planet in locales that scientists suspected had been affected by liquid water in the past. Their main scientific objective was to search for [\u2026] Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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