NASA's Opportunity Mars rover breaks driving distance record

NASA announced today that its Opportunity Mars rover has beat the off-Earth roving distance record previously held by the Soviet Union’s Lunokhod 2 rover after driving 25 miles. The Opportunity Mars landed on the planet back in 2004. On Sunday the vehicle traveled another 157 feet, which now put its total mileage at 25.01 miles. The Lunokhod 2 landed on Earth’s […]