On January 25, 2004, nasa Opportunity rover spacecraft landed on Mars. It was the second flight of nasa Mars exploration mission to the Red Planet.
the Spirit rover arrived, just three weeks before. The mission is now longer for Mars Rover ,. These simulations show how both the Spirit and Opportunity landed on Mars, lined inside airbags that bounced several times before stopping.
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission was a robotic space mission involving two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, exploring the planet Mars. It began in 2003 with the launch of the two rovers: MER-A Spirit and MER-B Opportunity—to explore the Martian surface and geology; both landed on Mars at separate locations in January 2004. Both rovers far outlived their planned missions of 90 Martian solar days: MER-A Spirit was active until March 22, 2010, while MER-B Opportunity was active until June 10, 2018 and holds the record for the longest distance driven by any off-Earth wheeled vehicle.
