End of the road for Opportunity rover

NASA has called time on its Opportunity Mars rover as the robot has not contacted Earth since June 2018, when it was engulfed in a dust storm
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Jan 25, 2004: Opportunity lands. Mission planned to last 90 sols (Martian days)

Eagle Crater

5km 3 miles

Victoria Crater

Meridiani Planum Rover landing site
MARS

Manhattan to scale

During its lifespan Opportunity travelled 45.16km and lasted 55 times longer than intended

Mar 24, 2015 (Sol 3,968): Rover reaches 42.20km – distance of Olympic marathon

Endeavour Crater

Jun 10, 2018 (Sol 5,111): Contact with Opportunity lost during planet-wide dust storm
Feb 13, 2019 NASA declares mission complete

Solar panels believed to be covered in dust and unable to generate power to operate

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Sources: NASA, BBC, Google Maps
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