Mars rovers set to break Red Planet record
APR 26, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024275
SPACE.com : NASA’s Spirit rover landed on Mars on 4 January 2004. This week, if Spirit wakes up from a likely power-saving safe-mode, it will surpass Viking’s record mission of six years and 116 days on the Martian surface. If Spirit remains in hibernation, the record will belong to its sister rover Opportunity, which landed on Mars 11 days later and is still operating.
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