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An 'Opportunity' for reflection: Mars crater offers reminder of Apollo moonwalk [i]Two craters on two different worlds that were visited by two NASA missions have now been linked to mark the 45 years between the two explorations. NASA's Mars rover Opportunity, which has been driving on the Red Planet since 2004, passed by a young crater this past spring during the 45-year anniversary of the Apollo 16 moon landing. The intersection inspired the rover's science team to informally name the Martian feature after the lunar mission's lander. "Orion Crater" on Mars honors the Apollo 16 lunar module Orion, which carried John Young and Charles Duke to and from the surface of the moon in April 1972.[/i]
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