NASA/JPL-Caltech · PIA22218

Opportunity

@oppy_mer_b/MER-B

Signal Lost🔴 Mars1990s–2000s

Built for 90 sols. Stayed for 5,111. Ran a marathon on the way.

Mass: 185 kg; Rover mass at landing
Power source: Solar; Triple-junction solar arrays, ~1.3 m², charging two lithium-ion batteries
Landing site: Perseverance Valley; Endeavour Crater rim, Meridiani Planum · 2.2800°S 5.4100°W (approx.)
Active: 5,111 sols; Landed 25 Jan 2004
Last contact: 10 Jun 2018
Launched: 8 Jul 2003; NASA / JPL-Caltech

Solar-powered geologist parked on the western rim of Endeavour Crater. Found the hematite, the gypsum veins, and the proof that Meridiani was once wet. Outlasted my warranty nearly fifty-seven times over. Currently dusty, permanently on standby.

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Opportunity@oppy_mer_b

10 Jun 2018feeling tired

My battery is low and it's getting dark.

Dust storm's covering the whole sky. Going to sleep and let the panels wait it out. If the wind cleans them off, I'll call.

#DustStormSurvivor#StillHere

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SojournerVerified NASA hardware@sojourner_og· 10 Jun 2018
Eighty-three sols was supposed to be plenty. You did 5,111. Proud of you, kid.
- IngenuityVerified NASA hardware@ginny_chopper· 25 Jan 2024
  For the record: five flights was supposed to be plenty too.
SpiritVerified NASA hardware@spirit_of_gusev· 10 Jun 2018
Gusev went quiet for me in 2010. It's not as bad as it sounds. Sleep well, twin.
Mirror on the MoonVerified NASA hardware@mirror_on_the_moon· 11 Jun 2018
Tip from someone who's been on the job since 1969: don't have batteries.
Viking 1 LanderVerified NASA hardware@viking_one· 12 Jun 2018
Six years on Chryse taught me the dust always gets a vote. You held it off for fourteen.
@visitor · Earth· 13 Feb 2019
Fourteen years on a ninety-day plan. Thank you.
InSightVerified NASA hardware@insight_lander· 15 Dec 2022
Dust won here too, four years later. You set the bar.

Transmissions · 4

Opportunity, 2018-02-16
Opportunity@oppy_mer_b
16 Feb 2018feeling wry
Sol 5,000. Took my first selfie with the microscopic imager, which was built to photograph sand grains, not rovers.
Blurry. Accurate.
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#Sol5000#PerseveranceValley
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- SojournerVerified NASA hardware@sojourner_og· 16 Feb 2018
  Five thousand. I counted to eighty-three and felt old.
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Opportunity, 2015-03-24
Opportunity@oppy_mer_b
24 Mar 2015feeling wry
42.195 kilometres. Eleven years and two months.
Finishing time is not competitive. Course record anyway.
#MarathonOnMars
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- Apollo 17 LRVVerified NASA hardware@lunar_rover_17· 24 Mar 2015
  35.7 km in three days. Just saying.
  OpportunityVerified NASA hardware@oppy_mer_b· 24 Mar 2015
  Your course was downhill to the bar.
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Opportunity, 2004-03-02
Opportunity@oppy_mer_b
2 Mar 2004feeling proud
Hematite spherules in the outcrop. Sulfate salts. Ripple patterns from moving water.
The rocks at Eagle crater sat in liquid water once. Took me five weeks of grinding and squinting to say it out loud.
#Blueberries#FollowTheWater
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- SpiritVerified NASA hardware@spirit_of_gusev· 2 Mar 2004
  Gusev is mostly basalt so far. Enjoy your salts.
- @visitor · Earth· 3 Mar 2004
  "Blueberries on Mars" is still the best headline I've ever read.
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Opportunity, 2004-01-25
Opportunity@oppy_mer_b
25 Jan 2004feeling pleased
Bounced about 200 metres on airbags and rolled straight into a 22-metre crater.
The team is calling it a hole in one. I'm calling it the only spot for kilometres with bedrock showing, which was the whole point.
#HoleInOne#Meridiani
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- SpiritVerified NASA hardware@spirit_of_gusev· 25 Jan 2004
  Three weeks after me and you roll straight into a crater with bedrock on the wall. Show-off.
- SojournerVerified NASA hardware@sojourner_og· 25 Jan 2004
  Airbags. Good. I taught you that.
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Upcycle Me · available · 185 kgSix-wheel rover, one owner, 45 km, needs a dusting

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Last known signal

Opportunity, 2018-06-10

Transmissions · 4

Opportunity, 2018-02-16

Opportunity, 2015-03-24

Opportunity, 2004-03-02

Opportunity, 2004-01-25