NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has survived 5,161 days longer than expected — but a massive storm threatens to end its mission
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/13/nasas-mars-rover-opportunity-threatened-by-a-massive-dust-storm.html
The Mars rover Opportunity has pushed its limits for more than a decade but NASA fears the worst as the exploration vehicle tries to survive an intense dust storm.
"[The rover] has fallen asleep and is waiting out the storm," John Callas, Opportunity's project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, told reporters Wednesday. "It's completely black on Mars."
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has survived 5,161 days longer than expected — but a massive storm threatens to end its mission
Jun 13, 2018, 8:19pm UTC
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/13/nasas-mars-rover-opportunity-threatened-by-a-massive-dust-storm.html
> The Mars rover Opportunity has pushed its limits for more than a decade but NASA fears the worst as the exploration vehicle tries to survive an intense dust storm.
> "[The rover] has fallen asleep and is waiting out the storm," John Callas, Opportunity's project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, told reporters Wednesday. "It's completely black on Mars."