After 15 years on Mars, it’s the end of the road for Opportunity

The NASA rover’s surprisingly long mission moved Mars science past ‘follow the water’

shadow of Opportunity rover on Mars

LOOKING BACK  The Opportunity rover, seen here taking a shadow selfie early in its mission, trekked more than 45 kilometers across the Martian surface in the last 15 years before finally giving up the ghost.

JPL-Caltech/NASA

Opportunity has finally run out of, well, opportunities.