5 years on Mars!

Well here we are, January 2009. 5 years ago, the first of the two MER, Spirit, was landing on Mars. I still recall, although it's getting a little fuzzy in my memory, watching the event LIVE on NASA TV. It was great in a nerdy sort of way :-) 5 years after, what was suppose to last only 90 Martian days, have lasted +1773 days, quite the endurance.

Mass Digital which was behind a video of the EDL (Entry, Descent and Landing) have released some time ago a video on YouTube showing the whole mission (well not the ALL mission) :

It sure looks a little dated now, especially if you compare with the HD video of MSL's EDL, but it is still pretty fun to watch. Speaking of fun, Emily, of the Planetary Society, have written up a little article on the excellent adventure of Spirit, worth reading. I'm sure there will be lot of articles to come out this week on the subject.