Lessons from 15-year rover mission: Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — For 15 years, planetary scientist Steve Squyres’ life revolved around Mars, with good reason. He was… Read More
After leading Mars rover missions, Steve Squyres joins Blue Origin as chief scientist Just months after closing out the 15-year-long Opportunity rover mission on Mars, Cornell University astronomer Steve Squyres is taking advantage… Read More
Opportunity on Mars, 2004-2019: NASA sings requiem to a rover — and looks ahead After months of silence from Mars, NASA finally read the rites over its Opportunity rover, hailing the six-wheeled machine as… Read More
Two mini-probes fade into the sunset beyond Mars: Is Opportunity rover next? Farewell, WALL-E and EVE: NASA says it’s lost contact with two briefcase-sized MarCO nanosatellites, more than two months after their… Read More
As Mars’ huge dust storm clears, NASA’s Opportunity rover is seen but not heard NASA’s Opportunity rover still hasn’t made contact after a weeks-long Martian dust storm forced it to go into hibernation, but… Read More
Good news! NASA says Opportunity rover should be able to wait out Martian storm NASA has had to put its power-starved Opportunity rover into an induced coma on Mars, but that drastic maneuver — plus… Read More
NASA loses contact with its dust-choked Opportunity rover on Mars, but stay tuned News Brief: NASA’s Opportunity rover on Mars has lost touch with its handlers back on Earth, probably due to a… Read More
Opportunity rover’s roll on Mars eerily echoes Apollo 16’s stroll on the moon Forty-five years after the astronauts of Apollo 16 rode out on a rover to look over a crater on the… Read More
