After more than 3 and a half years of operation NASA's twin Mars Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, continue to thrive and show no signs of stopping as they relay a wealth of valuable data back to Earth.
NASA announced on October 15th that it was extending, for a fith time, the activities of the robots through 2009. These rovers that make up the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) project, have been on a mechanical and scientific roll since they landed on opposite sides of Mars in January of 2004. They are both functioning well, despite the fact that each one only had an engineering warranty of 90 days of life to carry out their respective missions.
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