Curiosity is the hip name in Mars-rovin, but the Opportunity rover was doing it long, long before. Just yesterday Opportunity hit its ten-year anniversary on Mars—it left Earth ten years ago in July. Not bad for a mission intended to last a mere three (Earth) months. In celebration it sent back a selfie.
https://gizmodo.com/10-years-ago-opportunity-rover-began-a-90-day-mission-t-693893908
This is how it looks to spend ten years crawling around in the Red Planet’s dust. [JPL]
