opportunity
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Martian Dust Storm Sends NASA’s Opportunity Rover Into Hibernation Mode
A massive dust storm on Mars has forced NASA to temporarily suspend operations of its Opportunity rover.
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It Only Took NASA 11 Years To Run A Marathon On Mars
The Mars Exploration Rover, better known as Opportunity, has been beaming back images and data from our planetary neighbour since 2004. As as of today, it has travelled 26.219, making it the first little interplanetary explorer to complete a marathon.
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The Case Of The Mysterious Rock, Solved By The Opportunity Rover And Mars Orbiter
It’s been over ten years since the Opportunity rover landed on Mars and began its journey of scientific discovery. Amazingly, the little guy is still trucking along, gathering data for NASA. The Mars Orbiter recently had the chance to snap a photo of Opportunity using its High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera, in the…
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10 Years Ago, Opportunity Rover Began A 90-Day Mission That Never Ended
When NASA’s Opportunity rover launched on July 7th, 2003, expectations were modest. It would spend 90 Martian days exploring soil and rock samples and taking panoramas of the Red Planet; anything else would be a bonus. Nearly 10 years after its initial shift was up, Opportunity is still going strong.