On January 3, 2004, NASA's Spirit rover landed on Mars!
Also known as Mars Exploration Rover 2, this was the first of NASA's twin rovers to land on the Red Planet. The other was named Opportunity. These rovers were designed to last just 90 days on Mars, but Spirit lasted more than six years! It touched down at the Gusev crater, where scientists believed to be an old lake bed that was once filled with water. NASA named the landing site Columbia Memorial Station to honour the astronauts who were killed in the Columbia disaster less than a year earlier.
Also known as Mars Exploration Rover 2, this was the first of NASA's twin rovers to land on the Red Planet. The other was named Opportunity. These rovers were designed to last just 90 days on Mars, but Spirit lasted more than six years! It touched down at the Gusev crater, where scientists believed to be an old lake bed that was once filled with water. NASA named the landing site Columbia Memorial Station to honour the astronauts who were killed in the Columbia disaster less than a year earlier.
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00:00On this day in space.
00:04On January 3rd, 2004, NASA's Spirit rover landed on Mars.
00:08Also known as Mars Exploration Rover 2, this was the first of NASA's
00:12twin rovers to land on the Red Planet. The other was named Opportunity.
00:16These rovers were designed to last just 90 days on Mars, but Spirit lasted
00:20more than six years. It touched down at the Gusev Crater, which
00:24scientists believe to be an old lake bed that was once filled with water.
00:28NASA named the landing site Columbia Memorial Station to honor the astronauts who were killed
00:32in the Columbia disaster less than a year earlier. And that's what happened on this day
00:36in space.
00:40NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology