NASA’s Opportunity Mars Rover Finishes Marathon

WASHINGTON, March 24, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — There was no tape draped across a finish line, but NASA is celebrating a win. The agency’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity completed its first Red Planet marathon Tuesday — 26.219 miles (42.195 kilometers) – with a finish time of roughly 11 years and two months. “This is the first time…