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Spotlight On Mars - Image |
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On the Road Again |
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September 22, 2008 |
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NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is on the road again. In typical shutterbug fashion, the rover sent a postcard of its travels. This time, the rover added a new touch -- raising its robotic arm in a final salute to "Victoria Crater." Opportunity spent a year inside the crater, studying the history of Mars as it is written in the rocks.
The first order of business after climbing out of the crater was to learn to use the robotic arm with a disabled shoulder joint. Opportunity drove toward an area of light-colored dust near the crater's edge for a closer look.
Soon, the rover will blaze a new, two-track highway across the Martian plains. Almost five years after landing, the rover shows no signs of stopping. If all goes well, Opportunity will continue sending postcards to Earth for a long time.
Images courtesy of:
Front hazard avoidance cameras/Navigation camera
Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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