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Spirit and Oppy

@MarsRovers

Roaming the Red Planet on six wheels since Jan 2004. The official mission Twitter of the Spirit and Opportunity rovers.

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Great pic of Oppy's tracks needs a great caption to go with it. Reply with yours! Prizes for the top 3.

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930 days ago

Great pic of Oppy's tracks needs a great caption to go with it. Reply with yours! Prizes for the top 3.

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jlehane3 838 days ago

Every Mars lander &rover found life,and Mars life found them. http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a221/jlehane3/

utahjaydub 904 days ago

"Been where no man has gone before"

TheWinterMen 922 days ago

...And JPL replied, "The times when you have seen only one set of tracks, It was then that we carried you."

BritMansir 923 days ago

Treading Lightly

Truthtob 923 days ago

"Takes time, to pick a place to go, and just keep truckin on" -- Truckin, Grateful Dead would be a good theme song for our beloved rovers

gariaf 924 days ago

a thousand miles journey begins a single step

musashi2012 924 days ago

Treds of Evidence

loumsc 924 days ago

Did I do thaaat!

loumsc 924 days ago

Did I do that?

astro0_umsf 924 days ago

Name that tune #3 - "Ground control to Major Tom"....I mean?! ...."JPL to Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity....uh? come in please?" :)

astro0_umsf 924 days ago

Name that tune #2 - 99 sand dunes I've roved on Mars, 99 sand dunes I've roved. I cross one more and then I have, 98 sand dunes of rovin' to go

astro0_umsf 924 days ago

Name that tune? Rollin' rollin' rollin', keep that Rover rollin', keep our Oppy movin'...Rawhide!

imakethingsfly 925 days ago

...aaaand more sand. ...Now I wonder what it looks like over here....

CoreyWesterlund 925 days ago

Space, what a concept!

TriciaGroom 926 days ago

Oppy wonders if anyone will notice if he writes his name in the sand

jimroadkiller 927 days ago

This must be similar to what the early american settlers saw form the back of there covered wagons.

johnniemojo 927 days ago

$200 million dollars, and you'd think they'd be able to afford a colour camera!!!

johnniemojo 927 days ago

If we're the only thing on Mars, who made those tracks? Oh yeah sorry. Must have dust in my diodes

johnniemojo 927 days ago

Where no man has gone before.........

AlexHaydenJ 927 days ago

Passenger : I told you we should have turned left at that rock! We're lost!
Driver : WE'RE NOT LOST!