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It’s hard to keep up with all the cool NASA news from the Mars mission. Last week, they released these stunning images of an area about 19 miles (30 kilometers) wide in Mars’ northern polar cap region taken by NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter nearly 20 years ago, but now seen with color enhancement. The colors are […]
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NASA’s Opportunity rover reached Mars in 2004 for what was intended to be a 90-day mission to analyze soil and rocks and help scientists better understand the Red Planet. To the pleasant surprise of “Oppy’s” engineers, the rover was able to recharge its solar battery and was able to explore Mars for 14 years, sending back troves of data to Earth. Oppy began suffering “amnesia” (or, the aging of its software system) and ceased communicating with NASA last June after a massive dust storm. However, before NASA officially puts Oppy to sleep, they will attempt to make contact one last time.
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