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Opportunity, NASA's other Mars rover, has tooled around the red planet for so long it's easy to forget it's still alive.

Opportunity, NASA's other Mars rover, has tooled around the red planet for so long it is easy to forget that it’s still alive.
The Mars rover Opportunity is snapping pictures like a tourist since arriving at its latest crater destination, much to the delight of scientists many millions of miles away.

The Mars rover Opportunity has been snapping pictures like a tourist since arriving at its latest crater destination, much to the delight of scientists many millions of miles away.
The Mars rover Opportunity is snapping pictures like a tourist since arriving at its latest crater destination much to the delight of scientists many millions of miles away.
Months after the death of the Mars rover Spirit, its surviving twin is poised to reach the rim of a vast crater to begin a fresh round of exploration.

The prospect of ever hearing from the stuck Mars rover Spirit is fading after it failed to respond to repeated calls from Earth.
"Opportunity is still going. Go figure," said mission deputy principal investigator Ray Arvidson of Washington University in St. Louis.
"Opportunity is still going. Go figure," said mission deputy principal investigator Ray Arvidson of Washington University in St. Louis.