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Stories about: Marquette Island

Opportunity Is on the Road Again While Spirit is stuck inside a patch of loose sand called Troy, on the other side of Mars, Opportunity is continuing to conduct relevant science at its current location. For more than two months, it has been studying a piece of rock called the Marquette Island, which is apparently one of the most interesting ones the... 22 January 2010 02:23 GMT Opportunity Studies Mars' 'Marquette Island' While its twin Spirit is currently struggling to get out of Troy, the sandy trap that has been keeping it hostage since late April, Opportunity is having a field day studying a rock known as Marquette Island. On Sol 2070 (Nov. 19), the explorations robot used its rock abrasion tool's wire brush to investigate th... 26 November 2009 10:36 GMT