The Opportunity rover launched on a Delta II Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida. January 24, 2004 It landed in the Meridiani Planum, a large plain straddling Mars' equator.

NASA's Mars rover Opportunity owed its astounding longevity to superior engineering, smart and creative drivers, and surprisingly consistent Red Planet winds, mission team members said.

NASA declared its Opportunity Mars rover dead today (Feb. 13), more than eight months after the solar-powered robot went silent during a raging dust storm on the Red Planet.

NASA’s Opportunity Rover Dies on Mars Fifteen years and 28 miles on the red planet. Last fall, the space agency announced it would spend just a month trying to reconnect with Opportunity.

NASA bids farewell to the Opportunity Mars rover 01:27. Eight months after losing contact with the Opportunity Mars rover during a record dust storm, NASA managers Wednesday reluctantly called it ...

NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity celebrates its ninth anniversary on Mars today. When it landed in 2004, NASA said it would be pleased if the rover lasted 90 Martian days. It's survived 3,200.

NASA's six-wheeled rover landed on the red planet in January 2004 for what was billed as a 90-day mission. The plucky robot was still going until a dust storm on Mars last summer killed it.

Today’s final Opportunity news briefing took on the trappings of a memorial service, featuring far more ceremony than NASA employed when the Spirit rover — Opportunity’s twin in the Mars ...

It's a dark, sad day for space fans the world over. NASA has officially said goodbye to the Mars Opportunity rover, one of its greatest achievements, who's watch has come to an end.. In late ...

NASA's Opportunity Mars rover has dropped out of contact with Earth after a huge dust storm blocked the sun, preventing the solar-powered rover from recharging its batteries, mission managers said ...

Mars Opportunity Rover. VEHICLE TYPE 6-motor, all-wheel-drive, 0-passenger, 0-door rover. COST $820,000,000* MOTOR TYPE brushed DC Power 0.023 hp Torque 58.3 lb-ft Combined Power 0.14 hp Combined ...