Waspie_Dwarf Posted February 16, 2018 #1 Share Posted February 16, 2018 5,000 Days on Mars; Solar-Powered Rover Approaching 5,000th Martian Dawn Quote The Sun will rise on NASA's solar-powered Mars rover Opportunity for the 5,000th time on Saturday, sending rays of energy to a golf-cart-size robotic field geologist that continues to provide revelations about the Red Planet. "Five thousand sols after the start of our 90-sol mission, this amazing rover is still showing us surprises on Mars," said Opportunity Project Manager John Callas, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. Read More: NASA/JPL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted February 16, 2018 Author #2 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Long-Lived Mars Rover Opportunity Keeps Finding Surprises Quote NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity keeps providing surprises about the Red Planet, most recently with observations of possible "rock stripes." The ground texture seen in recent images from the rover resembles a smudged version of very distinctive stone stripes on some mountain slopes on Earth that result from repeated cycles of freezing and thawing of wet soil. But it might also be due to wind, downhill transport, other processes or a combination. Read More: NASA/JPL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted February 25, 2018 #3 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Amazing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted February 25, 2018 #4 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Keep on truckin little guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.A.T.1961 Posted February 26, 2018 #5 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Great achievement, It might also indicate that Mars has no hidden environmental hurdles to worry about for man made equipment to overcome ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackbolin Posted March 1, 2018 #6 Share Posted March 1, 2018 (edited) is it possible to ask the whoever has been cleaning the solar panels to do a 5000 day check up.keep this little guy going for another 5000. Edited March 1, 2018 by mackbolin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFOwatcher Posted March 7, 2018 #7 Share Posted March 7, 2018 We sure got our money's worth on these Rovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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