Spirit Rover Rolls on Mars: NASA's Robot Touches Red Soil
Twelve wheels. Twenty-eight inches tall. A robotic explorer the size of a golf cart was about to become the first vehicle to truly roam another planet. Spirit landed in a crater called Gusev, named after a Russian astronomer who'd never imagined a machine would one day roll across its rocky floor. NASA engineers had built something that could survive temperatures swinging 250 degrees, dodge killer dust storms, and send back images humans had only dreamed about. And it worked. Perfectly.
January 15, 2004
22 years ago
Key Figures & Places
What Else Happened on January 15
Thirteen thousand starving people. A city under total blockade. Nebuchadrezzar's Babylonian armies didn't just want Jerusalem—they wanted to crush the spirit of…
Nabucodonosor II de Babilonia sitia Jerusalén bajo el reinado de Sedequías. El sitio durará dos años, hasta el 18 de julio del 586 a. C.
He lasted 95 days. A former playboy and Nero's wingman, Otho seized the imperial throne through pure audacity—murdering his predecessor Galba in broad daylight …
Während des Nika-Aufstandes der Zirkusparteien gegen den byzantinischen Kaiser Justinian I. zünden Aufständische mehrere Gebäude an, unter anderem den Großen Pa…
إعلان قيام الدولة الفاطمية في المغرب بعد نجاح أبي عبد الله الشيعي في دعوته وجذب الأعوان والأنصار لها وقيامه بمبايعة عبيد الله المهدي بالخلافة.
à Paris, Philippe II Auguste crée juridiquement l'université de Paris en octroyant une charte royale accordant le for ecclésiastique à ses membres.
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