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Stories about: Opporunity

Opportunity Hits the 10-Mile Mark on the Red Planet The Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) program began in 2004, with the landing on Mars of the twin robots Spirit and Opportunity. Originally scheduled to roam the surface of the planet for little more than three months, both of them proved to be extremely resilient, and, against all odds, survived the harsh Martian winter... 27 May 2009 15:41 GMT