Don't know about you all.. but I'm amazed that those rovers we sent to Mars.. just keep on Truckin' Originally designed to last a couple of months and travel a few hundred yards.. They've now lasted almost 3 years and have both traveled for miles, taking pictures of the Martian Landscape.
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It is the little Rover that could — a little cosmic riding lawn mower that is about to unlock Victoria's secret.
When NASA landed the two Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, on Mars in 2004, they were expected to last 90 days at most.
But more than 900 days later, they are still going strong.
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