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Opportunity rover stuck in sand storm
Topic Started: Jun 20 2018, 10:57 PM (17 Views)
CJ
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A very minor case of serious brain damage

http://www.tampabay.com/mars-rover-still-silent-as-red-planet-dust-storm-goes-global-ap_national59c9afee2ea54ad3946b52a8c8b3ac2e

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A dust storm at Mars is now global, keeping NASA's Opportunity rover out of touch with Earth.

Flight controllers lost contact with the rover more than a week ago. At the time, the dust storm covered one-fourth of Mars. NASA said Wednesday the storm now encircles the red planet, with only tall volcano peaks and the poles exposed to the sun.

Without sunlight, the solar-powered Opportunity can only hunker down and wait for the sky to clear.

NASA's nuclear-powered rover Curiosity is unaffected and is studying the extreme weather conditions. Mars hasn't seen a storm like this since 2007.

Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, say they remain optimistic Opportunity can survive. The rover has been exploring Mars since 2004.



I do hope it's able to recover from this. I remember when it was launched nearly 15 years ago - and it'll be sad if this brings the mission to an end :( .

Still, even if this does kill off the rover, it's had a stellar run. The mission was only intended to run for 90 days!
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