Gallery: Twin rovers celebrate five years on Mars

13 January 2009

New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine. — On 19 May 2005, Spirit captured this spectacular view as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater. This was voted the most popular image in a rover photo contest.
(Image: NASA/JPL/Texas A and M/Cornell)

This month, NASA’s twin Mars rovers are celebrating their fifth anniversary on the Red Planet, long outlasting the three months they were scheduled to survive (find out the three secrets to their success).

Click here to view a gallery of the rovers’ biggest discoveries and most stunning images.

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