The "Haunting" Last Message From NASA's Opportunity Rover, Sent From Inside A Planet-Wide Storm

The "Haunting" Last Message From NASA's Opportunity Rover, Sent From Inside A Planet-Wide Storm

From inside a planet-enveloping storm, the Mars rover sent a final message.

NASA's Opportunity Rover Sent a Chilling Final Message from Mars

NASA’s Opportunity rover, one of the most successful interplanetary missions in history, came to a dramatic and poignant end in 2019, after 15 years of groundbreaking exploration on Mars. The rover’s final transmission was sent amidst a planet-wide dust storm that left scientists and engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) holding onto hope until the very last moment. In a heart-wrenching turn, Opportunity’s last message was not the …