01.01.1970 //Robots already on Mars
During 1297 day of a stay on Mars, the American space automobile Robot Opportunity for the second time was taken away into the crater Victoria (Victoria) and now, after remaining already inside it, it approached scientific studies.
ROBOT Opportunity For the first time entered for the edge of crater, but "slipped" and decided to be returned. But on 13 September machine undertook new attempt. And everything passed satisfactorily this time. Apparatus slowly advanced, after beginning long descent downward, along the slope of the bay of duck.
True, now ROBOT is stopped on the distance is approximately into 6 meter in depth from the edge of crater. This careful advance downward there must not astonish - only to the study of cup-shaped slope the managers of mission planned week. The first purpose of robot - bright sections of the species, which can preserve the tracks of interaction between the Martian atmosphere and the surface of planet millions years ago.
Generally Victoria on her slopes shows the such ancient species, such as still never met the automatic intelligence officer of red planet in the time of his almost 44- monthly operation on its surface.