NASA celebrates anniversary of Spirit rover landing
On Jan. 3, NASA celebrated the one-year anniversary of the landing of the first of its twin Mars Exploration Rovers (MER), Spirit, which has traveled a total of 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) on the martian surface. Three weeks after Spirit landed in Mars' Gusev Crater region, the rover Opportunity landed...
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