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Tandem Rovers Both Safe on Mars

By Joe Palca, Steve Inskeep

Published January 24, 2004 at 9:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 21 years ago.

The robotic explorer Opportunity is hard at work on Mars after NASA's second landing in a month on the Red Planet. And engineers hope to restore control over Opportunity's malfunctioning twin rover, Spirit. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Joe Palca.

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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.

Steve Inskeep

Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

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