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Spirit found carbonates and hematite, more evidence of water, that same week.

To save the stranded rover, NASA ran tests on a model of the rover in a simulated Martian "sandbox" at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. On June 10, 2018 contact was lost when a global dust storm blotted out the Sun, thus depriving the rover of enough power for operations and communication with Earth. [188] Some the evidence for ancient water include the discovery of minerals that form in the presence of water, such as Jarosite, discovered by Opportunity at Eagle Crater in 2004. The skies grew dark over Opportunity as the storm reached planetary proportions on June 20. [183] In the 2010s NASA has been on the hunt for ancient fossils left by tiny living organisms especially when they make large colonies, such as Stromatolites, which look like mushroom shaped rocks but are made by colonies of bacteria. Opportunity was a robotic geologist, equipped with cameras and instruments at the end of a mechanical arm for analyzing rocks and soil. le 13.02.2019 à 22h14. At 08:30 local Mars time on Sol 1529 (May 14, 2008), they allowed Opportunity to direct as much current as possible to the warm, joint-1 azimuth motor in order to get the robotic arm into a usable position, in front of the rover. Scientists believed that rock outcrops along the walls of Victoria would yield more information about the geologic history of Mars, if the rover survived long enough to investigate them. Elle s'était vue confier une mission initiale dont la durée n'était que de 90 jours, finalement la sonde Opportunity continue d'étudier le sol de la planète Mars depuis 11 ans. It also collaborated with ESA's Mars Express by using the miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer and panoramic camera (Pancam), and took images of a transit across the Sun by Phobos.

Although such dust storms are not surprising, they rarely occur. The rover's deputy principal investigator, Ray Arvidson, said it will probably not enter Endeavour crater as it appears to contain material observed previously. Le rover avait atterri le 25 janvier 2004 sur Mars après un long voyage de plus de 6 mois. However, scientific investigations were discontinued, and the rover entered continuous hibernation on June 12. Project scientist Matthew Golombek said these rover missions are meant to help answer an “almost theological” question: Does life form wherever conditions are just right, or “are we really, really lucky?”. Depuis le 10 juin, Opportunity est silencieux. On February 19 the survey of "Opportunity Ledge" was declared successful. Flight controllers sent more than 1,000 recovery commands, all in vain. Less than three weeks later, another cleaning event cleared the dust off of the solar array so as to produce around 720 watt-hours (80% of max).

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The discovery of these layers was significant for scientists who had planned this mission to test the "water hypothesis" rigorously.

[91] Some data was sent to Earth directly using X-Band radio signals, as opposed to orbiter relays. Sur Mars, le rover Opportunity demeure toujours silencieux même si on peut désormais l'apercevoir avec la dissipation de la tempête de sable. The rover then wakes up in the afternoon to conduct atmospheric measurements with the Pancam and conduct a brief communication session with the MRO orbiter.

The update was received just in time for the third anniversary of their landing.

[98], On May 16, 2013, NASA announced that Opportunity had driven further than any other NASA vehicle on a world other than Earth. It then headed for another meteorite, 'Mackinac Island', which it reached four sols later on sol 2036 (October 17, 2009). Opportunity climbed out successfully in August 2008 and began a gradual journey to Endeavour, a crater located 13 miles (21 km) away. After Victoria crater and during its journey to Endeavour crater the rover investigated sets of "dark cobbles" on the Meridiani plains. During the southern season of summer, the sunlight heats dust particles and brings them higher into the atmosphere.

fr.wikipedia.org (GTR) clubic.com. With project costs reaching about $500,000 a month, NASA decided there was no point in continuing.

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