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With the successful landing of the Opportunity lander on Saturday (January 24), NASA is now suffering from a rare embarrassment of riches: two Martian rovers on the brink of exploring very different ...

NASA’s Opportunity Rover survived years on Mars, but a massive dust storm may have finally ended its mission. With solar panels covered in dust and communication lost, scientists wait to see if ...

Opportunity has been dead quiet for over six ... The “windy season” on Mars began a while ago, and NASA had hoped that blustery winds would help clean the rover and allow it to wake up.

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Nearly three years after landing on Mars, the rover "Opportunity" has reached a region of the planet that may provide the best clues yet about the history of the red planet.

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In January 2004, Spirit and Opportunity, two identical robotic rovers, entered the martian atmosphere and landed after a seven-month journey from Earth. By the time "Is There Life on Mars?" ...

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA compiled images from hazard-avoidance cameras on its Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity between January 2004 and April 2015. The footage shows the rover's-eye ...

These conditions were very different from the dry, cold environment of Mars today." "The study is really a door-opening opportunity," study co-author Jack Mustard said in a statement. "As exciting ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Researchers will have to wait until samples from Mars are brought back to Earth ... called the research a “door-opening opportunity.” “It gives us a better chance to apply principles of ...