Mars Exploration Rovers

NASA’s blueprint for the Red Planet
SpaceNews brought together a trio of experts to discuss Perseverance, the search for life, and future human exploration of Mars.

NASA declares Opportunity Mars rover mission over
NASA announced Feb. 13 that it was ending efforts to restore contact with the Opportunity Mars rover, bringing its mission to an end more than 15 years after it landed on the planet.

NASA making renewed efforts to contact Mars rover Opportunity
NASA is making a new, and perhaps final, attempt to restore contact with the Mars rover Opportunity, which has not communicated with the Earth for more than six months.

NASA to soon end active efforts to restore contact with Opportunity
NASA expects to soon end efforts to contact the Opportunity Mars rover, silent for more than four months after a major dust storm, but will continue to listen for signals from the spacecraft for months to come.

NASA to soon start 45-day campaign to revive the Opportunity Mars rover
NASA plans to soon start a 45-day effort to restore communication with the Mars rover Opportunity, a timeframe that has elicited criticism from those both within and outside the project.

Mars rover Opportunity weathering major dust storm
Despite conditions that have deprived the Opportunity Mars rover of solar power, NASA officials said June 13 that they expected the long-lived spacecraft to survive an intense ongoing dust storm.