Dust Storm Leaves ‘Opportunity’ to Fend For Itself

Nearly all of Mars has been under the assault of a planet-wide dust storm since June. The nerve-wracking question: Is the Opportunity rover okay?

The 15-year-old rover has been incommunicado since June 10, according to a NASA release, as the dust storm cut it off from solar power. NASA scientists are confident that the rover will weather the storm, so they’re just waiting for the wake up call.

For more information see these articles:

https://gizmodo.com/how-will-nasa-know-if-opportunity-is-okay-after-the-mar-1828420359

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-opportunity-recovery-efforts.html#nRlv

https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/275341-the-martian-dust-storm-is-clearing-but-opportunity-remains-silent

 

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