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Published online 27 August 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.1066
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Mars rover makes tracks
Sore shoulder and signs of leg fatigue force Opportunity out of martian crater.
After almost a year spent roving around the bottom of Victoria Crater, the Mars rover Opportunity is about to climb out to start a new phase of a mission that has already lasted more than four and a half years. Nature News catches up on what Opportunity discovered at Victoria, and where it plans to go next.
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Exploration on the Mars, to find mark of creature or water, which will prove once Mars was covered different kind of lives, and different chemical composition we human need and want may be the main direction. The salts containing chloride and sulphate ions in all probability is the key to discover more element which may be useful to us.