Opportunity was launched less than one month after the first Mars Rover, Spirit. It was launched July 7, 2003, on Mission MER-B: Opportunity aboard a Delta II spacecraft, according to NASA’s launch schedule. Opportunity was sent to Mars to search the planet for water and other signs of life, NASA reported. It’s unclear exactly what happened… 2/ /vv9YcwrpkC She was bouncing along, doing well, until a massive dust storm engulfed all of Mars in June 2018, knocking out communications with the team on earth. 12, 2019), the rover recovery efforts are concluded,” NASA wrote. With the last uplink transmission on Sol 5352 (Feb. “No response has been received from Opportunity since Sol 5111 (June 10, 2018), amid a planet-encircling dust storm on Mars. NASA released a statement February 13, 2019, with a simple headline: “Opportunity’s Mission Is Complete.” The Mars Rover was immortalized, in part, by its “last words.” Three years ago today, the death of the Mars Opportunity Rover was announced. In this handout photo, Pete Theisinger, project manager (L) and Jennifer Trosper, Spirit Mission Manager for Surface Operations, react as the first images arrive from the NASA Mars Rover, "Opportunity," at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on Januin Pasadena, California. Seen is this handout photo provided by NASA is a satellite image of the hopeful landing area for the Mars Opportunity Rover which is supposed to land Januon the Martian surface.
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