January 25, 2004, marked the start of a 90-day planned mission for NASA’s six-wheeled, golf cart-sized Opportunity rover — one of two vehicles comprising the Mars Exploration Rover mission. Fifteen ...

It's time say goodbye to the Opportunity rover. The rover's team made its last attempt to contact Opportunity on Tuesday night, and it went unanswered. On Wednesday, NASA confirmed that the mission is ...

NASA’s veteran Mars rover Opportunity has been driving across the Red Planet’s surface for more than 13 years, but it’s not done exploring yet. The tenacious robot has embarked on yet another leg of ...

The Mars rover Opportunity, NASA’s robotic geologist fitted with an array of tools to search for evidence of water, ended its mission Feb. 13 — three weeks after its 15th anniversary and long past its ...

NASA’s Opportunity rover was the interplanetary version of the little engine that could; unfortunately, it couldn’t. The American space agency announced on Wednesday the end of its record-setting ...

One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, NASA’s Opportunity rover mission is at an end after almost 15 years exploring the surface of Mars and helping lay the ...

The Opportunity rover is dead, at age 15. After spending over 5,000 Martian days rumbling through the inhospitable red desert planet, NASA acknowledged on Wednesday that its sun-powered exploration ...

On January 24, 2004, the Opportunity rover sent back its first signal from the Red Planet. That marked the start of a 90-day planned mission for the six-wheeled, golf cart-sized rover. Fifteen years ...