July 7, 2003: Opportunity launches

Following in the wheelmarks of Sojourner (NASA’s first Mars rover, which landed on Mars in 1997), Spirit launched for Mars on June 10, 2003, and Opportunity launched less than a month later, on July 7. Both would land in January 2004 and begin observations that would stretch far beyond the planned 90-day mission: Spirit wasContinue reading "July 7, 2003: Opportunity launches" The post July 7, 2003: Opportunity launches appeared first on Astronomy Magazine.

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Following in the wheelmarks of Sojourner (NASA’s first Mars rover, which landed on Mars in 1997), Spirit launched for Mars on June 10, 2003, and Opportunity launched less than a month later, on July 7. Both would land in January 2004 and begin observations that would stretch far beyond the planned 90-day mission: Spirit wasContinue reading “July 7, 2003: Opportunity launches”

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