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NASA declares Opportunity rover dead after 15 years on Mars

February 13, 2019 Stephen Clark

Eight months after last hearing from the Opportunity rover, NASA officials announced the end of the craft’s 15-year mission Wednesday, closing out an ambitious chapter of Mars exploration that proved the Red Planet once harbored running water and demonstrated the promise of mobile robotic scouts to survey other worlds.

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Q&A with Jonathan Lunine on Enceladus’ prospects for life

October 27, 2015 Stephen Clark

On the eve of the Cassini spacecraft’s deepest pass through the polar plumes of Enceladus, Spaceflight Now’s Stephen Clark spoke with Jonathan Lunine, a member of the mission’s science team from Cornell University, about what he hopes to learn from the encounter.

News Headlines

  • SpaceX conducts static fire test ahead of fifth Falcon Heavy launch of 2023
    December 3, 2023
  • SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on Starlink mission
    December 2, 2023
  • Amazon buys three launches from SpaceX for rival internet constellation
    December 1, 2023
  • SpaceX launches ride share mission with South Korean spy satellite, first Irish satellite
    December 1, 2023
  • Russia launches space station cargo ship
    December 1, 2023
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