Mars rover exploring half-mile wide crater

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover "Opportunity" is beginning to explore the half-mile wide Victoria Crater, with assistance from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, after spending 21 months and traveling nearly six miles to reach it. Victoria is roughly 200 feet deep, exposing layers of rock that provide...

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