NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has survived 5,161 days longer than expected — but a massive storm threatens to end its mission

NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has survived 5,161 days longer than expected — but a massive storm threatens to end its mission

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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."

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