Tally-Ho! Mars Rover Spies Crater Destination

March 18, 2009

After trudging across the Martian desert for six months, Opportunity, one of NASA's two roving robotic geology stations on Mars, has spied its destination -- a 14-mile diameter wide crater named Endeavour. 

The target is seven miles away and even farther for Opportunity, which has to take a circuitous route to avoid getting stuck. The rover has traveled about two miles since climbing out of Victoria Crater, its last target. 

"It's exciting to see our destination, even if we can't be certain whether we'll ever get all the way there," John Callas, NASA's manager for its Mars rovers, said in a statement.  "At the pace we've made since leaving Victoria,  the rest of the trek will take more than a Martian year."

One year on Mars is 23 months on Earth -- and probably feels a lot longer with nothing to break up the scenery.

(Credit: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

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