The Mars rover, Spirit, has achieved another [mile]stone.
The odometer on the Mars rover, Spirit, has passed 1000 meters
on sol-108 during its "drive to the hills". The first Mars rover to go
over a kilometer on the martian surface.
Next up? The avoidupois [American measurements] distance goal: one mile [1609 meters]
Jacob
"We choose to go to the moon, and do those OTHER THINGS, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
John F. Kennedy