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Two orbiters have long outlasted their expected lifespans and completely reshaped our understanding of the Red Planet, all while operating 140 million miles from Earth.

buff.lyNASA’s Oldest Martian Spacecraft Have Been Running for Decades. Here’s HowTwo orbiters have long outlasted their expected lifespans and completely reshaped our understanding of the Red Planet, all while operating 140 million miles from Earth.

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Those two are Mars Odyssey (2001) — now the longest continually active spacecraft ever to orbit another planet — and MRO (2005), which alone has sent back more Mars data than every other mission combined.