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Life on Mars: my 15 amazing years with Oppy, NASA’s record-breaking rover
- “It’s getting dark, my batteries are running low.”
With this final poignant message, the most successful mission to Mars – originally planned to last 90 days – ended after 15 years, in a dust storm in June 2018.
- Christian Schroeder
- The Conversation
Despite efforts to re-establish contact with its solar-powered rover “Oppy”, NASA declared the mission over on February 13 2019.
The little robotic geologist had transmitted thousands of images from the surface of the planet, transforming our understanding of Mars and paving the way for future exploration.
In 2003, NASA launched its daring new mission with twin exploration rovers…