4 January 2004: The Spirit (Mars Exploration Rover-A) landed in the Gusev Crater, at the Columbia Memorial Station, to begin a 90-sol (a Mars day, approximately 39 minutes 35 seconds longer than an Earth day) mission; due to the inefficiency of parachutes in the thin Martian atmosphere, the landing was cushioned by airbags; Spirit's 90-sol mission would be extended repeatedly, lasting 2,208 sols.
David Bowie, "Life on Mars?" from Hunky Dory (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)
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