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’

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
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