Mission complete: NASA announces demise of Opportunity rover
Opportunity, NASA's six-wheeled Mars rover (AFP Photo/-)/ Washington (AFP) - During 14 years of intrepid exploration across Mars, it advanced human knowledge by confirming that water once flowed on the red planet -- but NASA's Opportunity rover has analyzed its last soil sample. The robot has been missing since the US space agency lost contact during a dust storm in June last year and was declared officially dead Wednesday, ending one of the most fruitful missions in the history of space exploration. Unable to recharge its batteries, ...
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