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February saw the Mars rover Opportunity  reach its 5000th day of operation. It was originally planned to have 90 sol or Martian days. A solar day on Mars is 24 hours and a little under 40 minutes.
We hope this information does something for your sol because:

The rover is investigating a channel called Perseverance Valley, which descends the inboard slope of the western rim of Endeavour Crater. Ray Arvidson of Washington University in St. Louis is Opportunity Deputy Principal Investigator. source: Earth Sky News.

On this Day: February 23rd 1987

Supernova 1987a is observed in the Magellan cloud.