News Alert: NASA rover that found signs of water on Mars and transformed our understanding of the Red Planet is declared dead after 15 years

The Mars Opportunity rover experienced a system failure precipitated by power loss during a catastrophic, planetwide dust storm that engulfed the robot last summer. Opportunity landed on Mars in 2004 and was planned to last just 90 days, but it worked for 5,000 Martian "sols" (which are about 39 minutes longer than an Earth day) — longer than any other rover. The rover is survived at Mars by the InSight lander, the Curiosity rover and six orbiting spacecraft.

Democracy Dies in Darkness     News Alert Feb 13, 2:03 PM     NASA rover that found signs of water on Mars and transformed our understanding of the Red Planet is declared dead after 15 years The Mars Opportunity rover experienced a system failure precipitated by power loss during a catastrophic, planetwide dust storm that engulfed the robot last summer. Opportunity landed on Mars in 2004 and was planned to last just 90 days, but it worked for 5,000 Martian "sols" (which are about 39 minutes longer than an Earth day) — longer than any other rover. The rover is survived at Mars by the InSight lander, the Curiosity rover and six orbiting spacecraft. Read more » Advertisement You received this email because you signed up for news alerts from The Washington Post. Manage my newsletters and alerts | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy | Help ©2019 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071