Marijn
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Three months. That was the original plan for Opportunity to explore the red planet. It turned out to be fifteen years. But all good things must have an end. After eight months of radio silence, people expect that NASA will declare the end of this mission later today.
https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8411/nasa-to-share-results-of-effort-to-recover-mars-rover/
NASA will discuss the status of its Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity in a media briefing at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) Wednesday, Feb. 13, from the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The briefing will air live on NASA Television, the agency's website and YouTube.
https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8411/nasa-to-share-results-of-effort-to-recover-mars-rover/