25 January 2004: The Opportunity (M.E.R.-B) landed in the Eagle Crater on the Meridiani Planum, at the Challenger Memorial Station, to begin a 90-sol (a Mars day, 39 minutes 35 seconds longer than an Earth day) mission; Opportunity's 90-sol mission would be extended repeatedly, lasting 5,111 sols (14 years, 47 days); both M.E.R.'s longevity benefited from dust devils cleaning off their solar panels.
Seu Jorge, "Life on Mars?" from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou: Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)
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