Wednesday, February 13, 2019

The End of Opportunity

NASA has ended the Mars Opportunity mission.  The rover's last transmission was that his battery was low and it was getting dark.  For a rover whose lifespan was supposed to be ninety days, the fourteen plus years spent on Mars was a major accomplishment.



3 comments:

  1. Wasn't that just fascinating? I love the pictures they have posted.

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  2. Yes, wasn't the Mars River a fascinating project. It did become a living, breathing object, to us.

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  3. Poor thing! Don't you wish you could send it a new battery?!

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