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Amazing. Both rovers are four earth years old.
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html

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But how old are they in Martian years?

(2.12, by my calculation...)
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Re: Happy Birthday Opportunity
As of noon (UTC) today, Spirit and Opportunity are 1444 and 1423 sols (Martian days) old, respectively. And they are both acting quite spry for their ages.

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Re: Happy Birthday Opportunity
Ahahahahaha!!! Has anyone ever seen the launch patches for those 2 rovers?

Awesome!!!

Spirit:



Opportunity:


Congrats to Dave and the rest of the crew over at NASA that made the past 4 years possible over there on the red planet!
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Congrats to Dave and the rest of the crew over at NASA that made the past 4 years possible over there on the red planet!
They've got a lot of soul. Get it? soul - sol....see?

Congratulations and here's to more nail biting adventures.
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