Wednesday, February 13, 2019

MARS Rover Opportunity could be declared dead on Sol 5352nd Day On MARS.


Late Tuesday night, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory sent their final data uplink to the Opportunity rover on Mars. Over this connection, via the Deep Space Network, the American jazz singer Billie Holiday crooned "I'll Be Seeing You," a song which closes with the lines:

I'll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you

Tuesday night, NASA listened. waited and waited, no response came from the rover who has been on the MARS for 5352 days. Our brave rover, Opportunity could be declared dead on Sol 5352, days on Mars. NASA NASA scientists think it will never emerge from Perseverance Valley, a feature carved into the rim of Endeavor Crater by flowing water in a distant age.

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