NASA's Opportunity rover celebrated a bittersweet anniversary today as the space agency marked 15 years since the unmanned rover arrived on Mars. On January 24, 2004, the solar-powered robotic explorer and its lander set down in the Meridiani Planum region for a 90-day mission that has lasted a decade and a half. Unfortunately, the spacecraft continues its radio silence that began on June 10, 2018 when it was engulfed in a global dust storm.
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from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2HwBsO2
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