NASA - First Mars 'Marathon' Race Medal
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Description
Initially expected to travel at most half a mile on the surface of Mars, the NASA Opportunity rover took 11 years and 2 months to clock 26.2 miles! Add this race medal celebrating the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's achievement of driving a full marathon on the surface of Mars to your collection. The medal is 3 inches in diameter with the print of Opportunity's wheels on the ribbon.
Opportunity's original three-month prime mission in 2004 yielded evidence of environments with liquid water soaking the ground and flowing on planet's surface. As the rover continued to operate far beyond expectations for its lifespan, scientists chose the rim of Endeavour Crater as a long-term destination. Since 2011, examinations of Endeavour's rim have provided information about ancient wet conditions less acidic, and more favorable for microbial life, than the environment that left clues found earlier in the mission.
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Special Instructions
Designed by and for the Opportunity team.
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