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Space & Planetary Science

Martian Mix-up

By Keith Cowing

NASA Watch

March 6, 2005

Twin Mars rovers in instrument mix-up, New Scientist

“NASA’s Mars rovers Opportunity and Spirit are identical twins – so alike that they even fooled NASA. Researchers have discovered that they sent the robots to Mars with an instrument meant for Opportunity inside Spirit and vice versa.”

Keith Cowing

NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.