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PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Opportunity rolled off its lander and onto the rusty soil of Mars early Saturday, a week after the six- wheeled rover arrived on the Red Planet -- and just hours after confirmation of its first major geologic discovery.
Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory erupted in cheers as the first photograph taken by Opportunity following its roll-off appeared on a screen in mission control. More pictures flooded in minutes later to continued cheers and applause.See the full content of this document
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Nasa's Opportunity Rocks
The images, received shortly after 3 a.m., confirmed Opportunity had joined its twin, Spirit, on the ground.
"Two for two, one dozen wheels on soil," flight director Ch...See the full content of this document
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