NASA’s Opportunity rover has broken the record for off-world driving

A decade after touching down on the martian surface, NASA’s Opportunity rover—which is still ticking, by the way—has achieved a rather unique record: the farthest distance covered by a vehicle off-world. Opportunity breezed past the 25-mile mark just this past Sunday, overtaking the previous record held by the Lunokhod 2, which held the previous record since 1973. A marathon is 26.22 miles, so Opportunity is just about a mile away from surpassing that incredible milestone.