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    Opportunity Rover On Mars (2004-2019)

    Published on Feb 13, 2019

    NASA announced the completion of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity’s mission after a final attempt to command the rover on 12 February 2019. Opportunity last communicated with Earth on 10 June 2018, as a global dust storm blanketed the solar-powered rover's location on Mars. Opportunity landed at Meridiani Planum on Mars 25 January 2004. The rover had an initial goal of driving 600 meters and operating for 90 Martian days (sols). Instead, Opportunity operated over 14 years, and traveled over 45 kilometers.
    Credit: NASA

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    NASA says goodbye to Mars rover Opportunity after 15 years

    Published on Feb 13, 2019

    NASA lost contact with the robot in a massive dust storm last June and finally declared an end to its operational lifetime.

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    Opportunity's last gift from Mars is a beautiful panorama

    Published on Mar 13, 2019

    Before a Martian dust storm took out Opportunity in June 2018, the rover was able to capture hundreds of images that NASA has now released as a panorama. The 360-degree photo is composed of 354 images overall, taken by the rover's Panoramic Camera (Pancam) from May 13th through June 10th. It shows the vehicle's final resting place in Perseverance Valley located in Endurance Crater's western rim. The rover lost touch with NASA in June after it reported the approaching storm that ultimately covered its solar panels with dust and rocks.

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    Curiosity Mars Rover snaps 1.8 billion-pixel panorama (narrated video)

    Mar 4, 2020

    NASA Curiosity Project Scientist Ashwin Vasavada guides this tour of the rover's view of the Martian surface.

    This panorama showcases "Glen Torridon," a region on the side of Mount Sharp that Curiosity is exploring. The panorama was taken between Nov. 24 and Dec. 1, 2019, when the Curiosity team was out for the Thanksgiving holiday. Since the rover would be sitting still with few other tasks to do while it waited for the team to return and provide its next commands, the rover had a rare chance to image its surroundings several days in a row without moving.

    Composed of more than 1,000 images and carefully assembled over the ensuing months, the larger version of this composite contains nearly 1.8 billion pixels of Martian landscape.

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