WIRED · 27 Oct 2026
NASA’s Oldest Martian Spacecraft Have Been Running for Decades. Here’s How
Having such a long record of observations from above the Martian surface has rewritten the story of water on the planet, past and present alike. Keeping the wizened orbiters going for so long has been possible only thanks to great engineering and constant problem solving—and a little luck. But scientists wonder whether, despite their storied legacies, Odyssey and MRO will be the last of their kind, at least for the Red Planet.
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