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![Tweet this page Opportunity's Rear-Facing View Ahead After a Drive](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xgbv9XvDta6HJEwotJX6Rf-320-80.jpg)
Mars Rover Opportunity to Have Memory Wiped
By Ian O'Neill published
The time has come -- the little Mars rover needs its first memory wipe.
![How the Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers work.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rEe28zRBw5apDdkSjfeoc6-320-80.jpg)
How NASA's Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity Work (Infographic)
By Karl Tate published
For 10 years the robots have roved across Mars, making exciting discoveries about water in the planet's past.
![Setting Sun on Mars](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iKRohHNSmysTqmYkP4tsDQ-320-80.jpg)
10 Years on Mars: Smithsonian Celebrates Spirit, Opportunity Rovers (Photos)
By Space.com Staff published
The new 'Spirit and Opportunity: 10 Years Roving Across Mars' exhibition chronicles NASA;s Mars Exploration Rover mission at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
![Rosetta Spacecraft Artist Impression](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/x8LSZK8jBvuFkGQvDw8WqY-320-80.jpg)
Big Space Missions to Watch in 2014
By Miriam Kramer published
From a new rover on the moon, to the most powerful digital camera ever built, space will be buzzing with human activities in 2014.
![Since the 1960s, humans have invaded our neighboring planet Mars with swarms of spacecraft. Only about half of the attempts have been successful.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Zrz6tSPgvBJZYMvQcWHbTZ-320-80.jpg)
Occupy Mars: History of Robotic Red Planet Missions (Infographic)
By Karl Tate published
Since the 1960s, humans have invaded our neighboring planet Mars with swarms of spacecraft. Only half of the attempts ever succeeded.
![Graph of the distances driven by robots, rovers and automobiles on other planets.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/abQXEQwFWJkKbNSkAnTGk5-320-80.jpg)
Distances Driven on Other Worlds (Infographic)
By Karl Tate published
Distances driven by wheeled vehicles on the Moon and Mars.
![Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity Looks Back](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YQzHLeMJdpjiThNd8fqvyQ-320-80.jpg)
Opportunity Looks Back After Hop to a New Pad Space Wallpaper
By Space.com Staff published
In this space wallpaper,Rover makes progress on long trek to Endeavour Crater.
![John Young, astronaut and Navy veteran, salutes the U.S. flag at the Descartes landing site during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-1). Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, jumps up from the lunar surface as astronaut a](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/i6eZBc5FQWmLZddquiejPC-320-80.jpg)
NASA's 10 Greatest Science Missions
By Space.com Staff published
A brief look at the space agency's science and exploration highlights.
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