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5:14pm, 13th February, 2019

Opportunity on Mars, 2004-2019: NASA sings requiem to a rover — and looks ahead

Ths colorized image of the Opportunity rover’s shadow was taken on July 26, 2004, by the rover’s front hazard-avoidance camera as it moved farther into Endurance Crater in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars. (NASA / JPL-Caltech Photo) After months o...

Opportunity Mars Rover goes to its last rest after extraordinary 14-year mission

3:53pm, 13th February, 2019

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Opportunity Mars Rover goes to its last rest after extraordinary 14-year mission

Opportunity, one of two rovers sent to Mars in 2004, is officially offline for good, and JPL officials announced today at a special press conference. “I declare the Opportunity mission as complete, and with it the Mars Exploration Rover mission as co...

Two mini-probes fade into the sunset beyond Mars: Is Opportunity rover next?

9:57am, 7th February, 2019

Space

Two mini-probes fade into the sunset beyond Mars: Is Opportunity rover next?

This image of Mars was captured by one of NASA’s MarCO satellites from a distance of about 4,700 miles, about 10 minutes after the descent of NASA’s Mars InSight lander on Nov. 26, 2018. The grid seen on the right edge of the image is the spacecraft’...

NASA picks ancient Martian river delta at Jezero Crater as landing site for 2020 rover

3:53pm, 19th November, 2018

Space

NASA picks ancient Martian river delta at Jezero Crater as landing site for 2020 rover

This color-coded image of the Jezero Crater delta combines information from two instruments on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars and the Context Camera. (NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS / JHU-APL)...

As Mars’ huge dust storm clears, NASA’s Opportunity rover is seen but not heard

6:58pm, 25th September, 2018

Space

As Mars’ huge dust storm clears, NASA’s Opportunity rover is seen but not heard

An image from a high-resolution camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the Opportunity rover as a bright blip inside the white box. The box marks a 154-foot-wide area in Mars’ Perseverance Valley. Click on the image for a larger version....

NASA loses contact with its dust-choked Opportunity rover on Mars, but stay tuned

12:32am, 13th June, 2018

Space

NASA loses contact with its dust-choked Opportunity rover on Mars, but stay tuned

This series of images shows simulated views of a darkening Martian sky blotting out the sun from the Opportunity rover’s point of view, with the right side simulating Opportunity’s current view in the current dust storm. (NASA / JPL-Caltech / TAMU) N...

Good news! NASA says Opportunity rover should be able to wait out Martian storm

4:38pm, 13th June, 2018

Space

Good news! NASA says Opportunity rover should be able to wait out Martian storm

An artist’s conception shows NASA’s Opportunity rover under sunnier conditions. (NASA Illustration) NASA has had to put its power-starved Opportunity rover into an induced coma on Mars, but that drastic maneuver — plus some luck — should be enough to...

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Opportunity on Mars, 2004-2019: NASA sings requiem to a rover — and looks ahead

Opportunity Mars Rover goes to its last rest after extraordinary 14-year mission

Two mini-probes fade into the sunset beyond Mars: Is Opportunity rover next?

NASA picks ancient Martian river delta at Jezero Crater as landing site for 2020 rover

As Mars’ huge dust storm clears, NASA’s Opportunity rover is seen but not heard

NASA loses contact with its dust-choked Opportunity rover on Mars, but stay tuned

Good news! NASA says Opportunity rover should be able to wait out Martian storm

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