US Opportunity Lands Successfully on Mars

World | January 25, 2004, Sunday // 00:00
US Opportunity Lands Successfully on Mars Opportunity, the second of two roving US Mars probes, transmitted its first images of the Martian surface. Photo by AFP

Opportunity, the second of two US probes sent to explore the surface of Mars, has landed safely on the planet and made contact with controllers late on Saturday, the US space agency NASA said. The probe landed in an area of the planet known as the Meridiani Planum, a zone of grey hematite, an iron oxide. Scientists plan to use the robot's instruments to determine whether the grey hematite layer comes from sediments of a former ocean, from volcanic deposits altered by hot water or from other ancient environmental conditions. NASA also had good news Saturday from Spirit, which reestablished communications after going quiet Wednesday.

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