Opportunity Rover

If You Think the Mars 2020 Rover Is Just Like Curiosity, Think Again

Jenny Flack

The saga of the NASA Mars rovers continues.  Opportunity has given up the ghost. Curiosity ventures on.  And, this summer ...

NASA Is Developing a New Class of Mars Rovers to Climb, Swim and Fly

Jenny Flack

Mars rovers like Opportunity (now deceased) and Curiosity have given us a lot of information about the surface of Mars ...

Mars Dust Storms May Have Blown Its Water Away

Jenny Flack

The Mars dust storm that killed the Opportunity Rover has given scientists at NASA something to think about. The planet-wide, ...

NASA Mars 2020 Rover Undergoing Tests and Assembly for Launch

Jenny Flack

NASA is hard at work getting the Mars 2020 Rover ready to launch next summer.  In a “clean room” at ...

NASA’s Opportunity Rover Has Given Up the Ghost

Jenny Flack

NASA gave it one last shot on Tuesday night. They sent one final signal to their well-loved Opportunity Rover (Oppy) ...

NASA Opportunity Rover Hits Four Months of Silence on Mars

Jenny Flack

NASA‘s Opportunity Rover is still quiet.  It hasn’t communicated with Earth since June 10, when a planet-wide dust storm began ...

NASA Curiosity Rover Takes 360 Degree Selfie, Drills New Samples

Jenny Flack

Unlike its smaller counterpart, Opportunity, NASA’s Curiosity Rover keeps on truckin’ despite a global red planet dust storm that’s lasted months. ...

NASA Opportunity Rover Is Quiet, Too Quiet

Jenny Flack

A massive dust storm on Mars started regionally in late May.  By June 20th, it had overtaken the entire planet. ...