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Second Mars Rover Lands, Begins Work

By Joe Palca
Published January 24, 2004 at 9:00 PM PST
This story was published more than 20 years ago.

The second Mars rover, Opportunity, lands safely on the Red Planet and begins sending back data immediately. Its twin rover, Spirit, landed three weeks ago on the other side of Mars. Spirit has experienced software difficulties, but NASA engineers are slowly solving them. NPR's Joe Palca reports.

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Joe Palca
Joe Palca is a science correspondent for NPR. Since joining NPR in 1992, Palca has covered a range of science topics — everything from biomedical research to astronomy. From 2011 to 2020 he produced stories that explored the minds and motivations of scientists and inventors as part of his series, Joe's Big Idea. Palca is also the founder of NPR Scicommers – A science communication collective.
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