Department of Astronomy Center for Radiophysics & Space Research

Opportunity Rover Sets Off-World Driving Record

August 1st, 2014

NASA's Opportunity Mars rover, which landed on the Red Planet in 2004, now holds the off-Earth roving distance record after accruing 25 miles (40 kilometers) of driving. The previous record was held by the Soviet Union's Lunokhod 2 rover.

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