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NASA Mars Rover Arrives at New Site on Martian Surface

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NASA Mars Rover Arrives at New Site on Martian Surface 08.10.11 West Rim of Endeavour Crater on Mars Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/ASU › Full image and caption West Rim of Endeavour Crater on Mars (False Color) Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/ASU › Full image and caption Arrival at 'Spirit Point' by Mars Rover Opportunity Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/ASU › Full image and caption Small 'Odyssey' Crater on Rim of Huge 'Endeavour' Crater Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/ASU › Full image and caption After a journey of almost three years, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the Red Planet’s Endeavour crater to study rocks never seen before. On Aug. 9, the golf cart-sized rover relayed its arrival at a location named Spirit Point on the crater’s rim. Opportunity drove approximately 13 miles (21 kilometers) after climbing out of the Victoria crater. “NASA is continuing to write remarkable chap