Farewell, Opportunity Rover

After some 15 years into a planned 90 day mission, it looks like NASA is about to finally declare the Opportunity rover lost; succumbing to a massive, planet-wide dust storm that engulfed Mars and covered the rover’s solar panels.

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NASA Says Goodnight to Opportunity, Its Most Enduring Mars Rover

Multiple news stories

Coverage of todays’s (2018/02/13) 2PM EST briefing

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