Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E kii ana a NASA kua paahitia e te rover Opportunity te tohu marathon mo te taraiwa i Mars. I kii te tari mokowhiti ko te odometer o te rover rahi o te motuka i tirohia i te 26.2 maero <unk> te tawhiti o te marathon. Ko te wā mōhiohio? Kotahi tekau ma tahi tau, e rua marama. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. He marathon i Mars: E whakaatu ana tēnei mahere i te haerenga katoa o te rover mai i te taunga ki taua wāhi. I tae atu a Opportunity me tana hoa tokorua a Spirit ki Mars i te marama o Hanuere 2004 mo te mea i whakaarohia hei miihana e toru marama. I kitea e rua nga tohu matawhenua o te wai onamata. I mutu te miihana o te Wairua i te tau 2011 i muri tata mai i tana noho ki te onepu o Mars. Ka whakanui ngā kaipūtaiao me ngā kaipūkaha i te whakatutukitanga o Opportunity mā te whakahaere i tō rātou ake rerenga marathon i te NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, e whakahaere ana i te misioni. I te tau kua hipa, i pakaru te Opportunity i te rekoata mo te tawhiti i haere atu i waho o te Ao i puritia e te rover marama o te Soviet Union a Lunokhod 2. I tae atu a Opportunity me tana hoa tokorua a Spirit ki Mars i te marama o Hanuere 2004 mo te mea i whakaarohia hei miihana e toru marama. I kitea e rua nga tohu matawhenua o te wai onamata. I mutu te miihana o te Wairua i te tau 2011 i muri tata mai i tana noho ki te onepu o Mars. 'Ko te wā tuatahi tēnei kua neke atu i te tawhiti o te marathon i runga i te mata o tētahi atu ao,' e ai ki a John Callas, kaiwhakahaere kaupapa Opportunity i NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) i Pasadena, California. 'Ko te wā tuatahi, kotahi anake te wā.' Ko te rover roa-roa i neke atu i te tohu marathon i te wa e rere ana i te 153 waewae (46.5 mita). Ko te waka i neke atu i te tawhiti marathon o 26.219 maero (42.195 kiromita) me te taraiwa i oti i te Poutu-te-rangi 24, 2015, i te 3,968th Martian ra, te ra ranei, o te mahi a Opportunity i runga i Mars. Ko ētahi o ngā mea whakahirahira i te huarahi i te wā i eke ai te Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity a NASA ki tētahi whakataetae marathon i roto i ngā tau tuatahi 11 me ngā marama e rua i muri i tana taunga i te marama o Hānuere 2004 ki Eagle Crater. Ko tēnei pikitia o te 6 o Hānuere 2015 i whakaratohia e NASA o te 'Marathon Valley' i tangohia e te NASA rover Opportunity. 'Kāore tēnei miihana e pā ana ki te whakatakoto tawhiti...
I tū te Opportunity me tōna tāne Spirit ki Mars i te marama o Hanuere 2004, ā, i whakaarohia kia toru marama te roa o te misioni. I te tau kua hipa, i pakaru te Opportunity i te rekoata mō te tawhiti i haere atu ai i waho o te Whenua, nā te whiu i te rover marama o te Soviet Union o Lunokhod 2.