Today, Opportunity celebrates a truly unfathomable achievement, starting Year 10 on Mars since she rolled to a bumpy stop on January 24, 2004 inside tiny Eagle crater. And she's now at a super sweet spot for science (see our photo mosaic above) loaded with clays and veined minerals and making the most remarkable findings yet about the planets watery past - thus building upon a long string of previously unthinkable discoveries due to her totally unforeseen longevity. "Regarding achieving nine years, I never thought we'd achieve nine months!" Principal Investigator Prof. Steve Squyres of Cornell University told Universe Today for this article commemorating Opportunity's 9th anniversary....
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