Planetary science

Opportunity

Completed

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Launched: 8 Jul 200303:18:15 UTC
Last contact: 10 Jun 2018
End declared: 13 Feb 2019
Duration: 14 years 11 months
Destinations: Mars

One of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers, built to last 90 days. It drove more than 45 km across Meridiani Planum over 14 years and found minerals that form in water.

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Spacecraft

Opportunity

Rover

Completed

Twin of Spirit. It worked until a planet-wide dust storm cut off the sunlight to its solar panels.

Launch mass: 185 kg
Size: 1.4 m × 1 m, span 1.4 m
Power: Solar
Built by: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Last contact: 10 Jun 2018
End declared: 13 Feb 2019
Designator: 2003-032A

Mission details from science.nasa.gov.