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NASA's Opportunity rover has had an incredible career already, spending years upon years studying the Martian surface and proving to be an incredibly reliable and hardy piece of hardware. Unfortunately, a NASA dust storm that began kicking up in May may have abruptly ended its historic run.
In mid-June, the solar-powered Opportunity ran out of juice and was forced to go into its dormant standby mode. The dust storm which swallowed the entirety of Mars had blocked out the Sun, cutting the rover off of its only available source of power. NASA engineers had remained optimistic that the rover would wake back up when the skies began to clear, but things aren't looking good thus far.
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NASA’s Opportunity rover still hasn’t woken up from a Mars dust storm, and engineers are getting nervous originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 13 Aug 2018 at 15:56:15 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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NASA's Opportunity rover has had an incredible career already, spending years upon years studying the Martian surface and proving to be an incredibly reliable and hardy piece of hardware. Unfortunately, a NASA dust storm that began kicking up in May may have abruptly ended its historic run.
In mid-June, the solar-powered Opportunity ran out of juice and was forced to go into its dormant standby mode. The dust storm which swallowed the entirety of Mars had blocked out the Sun, cutting the rover off of its only available source of power. NASA engineers had remained optimistic that the rover would wake back up when the skies began to clear, but things aren't looking good thus far.
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NASA’s Opportunity rover still hasn’t woken up from a Mars dust storm, and engineers are getting nervous originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 13 Aug 2018 at 15:56:15 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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