opportunity

In the 19th century, Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli thought he spotted canals on Mars through his…

NASA may have declared its Opportunity rover lost, but we’ll always have its data and bank of raw images. The…

As we remember the now-officially-dead Opportunity rover this week, one fact keeps sticking out to me: That machine…

NASA has officially called an end to the historic Opportunity rover mission, ending a spectacular, 14-year adventure…

NASA declared at a press conference today that its Opportunity rover is officially no longer functional, marking the…

A brutal dust storm engulfed Mars last summer. The planet-wide tempest spared the nuclear-powered Curiosity rover,…

NASA’s beloved Mars rover Opportunity has been silent for months after getting swept up in an enormous dust storm on…

NASA has had quite a bit on its plate recently between its Hubble Space Telescope entering safe mode, the prolonged…

It’s been 107 agonizing days since NASA last heard from Opportunity, raising fears that the 14-year-old rover has…

As the planet-wide Martian dust storm clears, NASA scientists have increased their efforts to contact the nearly…

Good news, everyone! The planet-encircling dust storm on Mars is beginning to wane, which means NASA’s solar-powered…

Nearly all of Mars has been under the assault of a planet-wide dust storm since June. The nerve-wracking question:…

A massive dust storm on Mars has forced NASA to temporarily suspend operations of its Opportunity rover.

NASA’s Opportunity rover just attempted to take on the steepest hill a Martian rover has ever climbed—and promptly…

Mars InSight lander was set to blast its way towards the red planet just three short months from now. Today, NASA…

The first Martian marathon was no easy trek: the Opportunity rover had to struggle through smooth, soft sand and…

This shot shows the Opportunity rover in shadow on Mars, facing Endurance Crater. It was taken in 2004, the year…

Back in 2010, XKCD's Randall Munroe devoted a surprisingly moving webcomic to Spirit, NASA's ill-fated and…

The Mars Exploration Rover, better known as Opportunity, has been beaming back images and data from our planetary…

Using photos taken from Mars by the Opportunity Rover, NASA has recreated the sunset the rover sees from the red…