60,000 Laps and Counting, NASA’s Odyssey Spacecraft Still Going Strong After 14 Years at Mars

An artist’s concept of NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft orbiting Mars. The spacecraft, which arrived at the Red Planet in 2001, surpassed its 60,000th orbit as June 23, 2015, and it is still going strong. Image Credit: NASA/JPL

It’s no secret that the various spacecraft NASA sends out across the solar system on our behalf [...]