Opportunity Reverses Course at Crater; Spirit May Have Found First Bedrock

Mars Exploration Rover engineers have reversed course of the Opportunity rover at Endurance Crater, to gather more data on what appears to be the most promising spot to enter the 132-meter-dia. (433-ft.) crater to investigate a new type of bedrock. The original scheme was to circumnavigate Endurance...

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