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Simulation of the rover Opportunity (and its twin brother Spirit). Source: NASA.

Bar Mitzvah on Mars: Even after 13 years, the rover Opportunity continues to explore the red planet

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An unmanned helicopter shows the way to the Mars rover. Image: NASA/JPL

A drone helicopter will fly ahead of the Mars rover to allow it to travel further

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Spirit took this composite image on Madimai Day (Sol) 1,202 (May 21, 2007), when he was exploring an area east of the elevated plain known as the "Home Plain" in the Columbia Hills. The attachment shows an area known as "Gertrude Wise", where you can see Spirit's wheels digging into the sand. The furrow revealed a patch of silica that also contains a name. The source of the material may be from an environment of hot springs or an environment known as fumaroles where an acidic stream bubbles up through cracks in the ground. In any case, its creation must involve water, and on Earth, both of these types of currents contain microbial life. Photo: NASA/JPL

A decade since the landing of Spirit and Opportunity - the Mars vehicles that changed the face of research

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The map of the area approached by the Opportunity rover, June 2011

Opportunity is approaching the rim of the crater where he has been traveling for three years

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A composite image trying to imagine how the Mars Spirit rover might look today when it is stuck in the Gosev Crater. Photo: NASA. Photo editing - Stu Atkinson

The end of the road for the Mars Spirit vehicle

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A dust elf photographed by Opportunity in the meridian plane of Mars, July 2010

A dust elf from Adimai entered Opportunity's field of vision

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The Mars Spirit vehicle. Image: NASA

NASA raised its hands: Spirit will become a ground research station

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Spirit's robotic arm tries to help rescue him from the sand without success

Will Spirit survive 2010

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Management of unmanned space flights

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Five years for Spirit and Opportunity on Mars

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Phoenix photographed and felt eddies on Mars

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

The robotic vehicles on Mars survived the cold, the storms, but will not survive the sword of budget cuts

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

NASA space exploration missions

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

A malfunction in the Mars Spirit vehicle could hinder its progress

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

"Dust elves" (alalim) on Mars were photographed in action

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Stinky Mars: Sulfur deposits give off rotten smells

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

The spirit is about to leave (late) on a journey of tens of meters

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Mars Express confirmed the discovery of ice at the south pole of Mars

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

The Mars Spirit rover will visit a deep crater and possibly distant hills * Today it will try to descend from the pedestal

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Weekend News: Stardust Comes to Comet, Spirit to Mars, Meteor Shower, Saturn

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

After several delays, the first of the two American robots finally took off to Mars

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