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Monday, January 26, 2004

Science fun: Opportunity knocks ... on Mars

CNN: "The Mars rover Opportunity is sending fresh data, including new photographs taken on the vehicle's parachute trip to the planet's surface, to mission control. Enthusiastic scientists told reporters that the rover, which touched down in a small crater on the red planet, was in 'excellent condition' and that its landing site was unique."

NASA: Just three weeks after NASA's Spirit rover touched down on Mars, its twin Opportunity joined it on the red planet, landing shortly after midnight eastern time on Sunday, January 25. Ground controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory erupted in cheers and applause, a replay of the celebration following the Spirit landing. Mars Exploration Rover Project Manager Peter Theisinger summed up the emotion of the night with a simple phrase: 'We are two for two.'"

MSNBC: "Opportunity scores 'interplanetary hole-in-one' ... NASA's 2nd rover lands inside small crater, near much bigger one."

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