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  NASA spots silent Opportunity rover on Mars

  Science | September 27, 2018 12:16 IST

  A NASA Mars orbiter has spotted the agency's opportunity rover on the Red Planet for the first time since it went into hibernation.

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  Martian dust storm recedes; scientists hopeful to hear back from Opportunity Rover

  Science | September 17, 2018 14:57 IST

  Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in the US believe that the rover will soon receive enough sunlight to automatically initiate recovery procedures, if it is not damaged. 

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  Hope for Opportunity Rover as martian skies recovering, says NASA

  Science | August 31, 2018 13:48 IST

  "Opportunity site have shown no active dust storms for some time within 3,000 kms of the rover site," says MARCI. While NASA is hopeful that the rover will attempt to call home, the team is also prepared for an extended period of silence.

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  NASA Curiosity rover completes 6 years on Mars

  Science | August 06, 2018 14:42 IST

  Curiosity, which landed on Mars in 2012, was sent on a mission to determine the planet's "habitability." It is currently keeping its "eyes" on a dust event that went global by June 20.

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  Opportunity rover takes in view from top of Martian hill

  World | January 08, 2015 7:05 IST

  Pasadena, California: NASA's Opportunity rover is soaking in the view from its perch atop a Martian hill as engineers continue to fix a problem with its computer memory.The aging rover beamed new images to Earth