Opportunity breaks NASA's 40-year record

Nasa's legendary Opportunity rover has broken a 40-year-old extraterrestrial distance record after nine years of hard Mars exploration. The tenacious six-wheeled robot has now travelled a record distance of 35.760 kilometre since landing on the red planet in 2004.

Nasa's legendary Opportunity rover has broken a 40-year-old extraterrestrial distance record after nine years of hard Mars exploration. The tenacious six-wheeled robot has now travelled a record distance of 35.760 kilometre since landing on the red planet in 2004.

The team operating Opportunity received confirmation in a transmission from Mars that the rover drove 80 meters on Thursday, bringing Opportunity's odometry since landing on Mars to 35.760 km.