http://www.utahskies.org Bringing the Joys of Astronomy to the Public Through Awareness, Advocacy, and Education Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:31:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 http://www.utahskies.org/2009/01/04/mars-rovers-turn-5/ http://www.utahskies.org/2009/01/04/mars-rovers-turn-5/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:56:55 +0000 anthonya http://www.utahskies.org/?p=1562 The first of NASA’s twin Mars Rovers, Spirit turned 5 the other day (Jan 3). It’s twin, Opportunity arrived about 3 weeks later, and so will celebrate its incredible 5th year of exploration on Jan 21st. Considering that NASA was hoping to get 3 months worth of performance out of these guys, I’d say it seems they got their money’s worth this time. The rovers have done much to advance our knowledge of Mar’s watery past.

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