NASA bids farewell to the Mars Opportunity rover

If you're a fan of Mars exploration, you're probably in mourning right now. NASA's Opportunity rover has effectively been declared dead after the agency's last attempt to contact the storm-struck rover was met with silence. Officials plan to hold a press conference at 2PM Eastern to discuss the outcome, but it's really a formality at this stage. The machine doesn't stand a chance if it doesn't have power -- Martian winter is coming, and Opportunity needs working heaters to survive the chilly conditions.

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[brickdude]

He's not dead. He's just on a temporary vacation until Opportunity II finds him & fix him one day.

[bronwynecg]

😳 Why am I this upset over a robot? ☹️😩😫😭😢

[loveyou]

I was eight years old when I heard about the space mission to Mars I am grateful that I was apart of the generation that had the privilege to witness our first exploration on another planet. This will be in my children's history book one day.

[FlintG]

Would be cool if one day when we finally travel to mars we can retrieve it back.

[ogre]

Opportunity lived upto it's name alright. Lasted years longer than intended, and done it's job well. *Feels weird that I feel grief for a robot, but 'lo and behold.*

[TJ-slcz]

Anyone remember the movie the brave little toaster? If they wanted to make a new one they could call it the brave little rover!

[alex]

Do you guys not know your rovers? Because your thumbnail shows the Curiosity rover, which isn’t the Opportunity rover.

[pompff-]

It died on my birthday. It’s been there my whole life. This is so sad.

[psadelachute]

Mars Rover, you did a great job 👍🏽
You even made it onto the «Big Bang Theory»...
✨ RIP ✨🙏🏼✨✨✨

[rrngbol]

dont worry dudes, our first colonists will take care of him

[whatupguys]

Elon Musk, if you're watching this, please do us a favour and recover this brave little robot soldier. It deserves a statue and a plaque with the names of all the engineers that worked on it.

[kevinbrumfield]

The rover you use in your video is the Curiosity rover, NOT the Opportunity rover.

[arandomjew]

We MUST name our first colony on Mars 'Opportunity'. Rest In Peace, the greatest rover ever to leave this earth

[cinna_tost_waffes]

RIP Mars Space Rover
We’re be missed 😢💔
2004-2019

[berry_playzz]

This robot has been here my whole life,
RIP opportunity 💀❤️💔🌹🌺😔😭

[nerdburger]

“How do you loose an ROVER?!”

“You forget to cherish her...”

[forsaturn]

Sleep well, sweet prince. We will be waking you up when we come for you.

[akirothefox]

Send up another rover to reclaim the little hero 🥺

[TanyaOfMars]

Wow, I'm super late to the game and had no idea I was in this video! Thanks for featuring a bit of my story of our final attempts to contact Oppy. <3

[salvadokkanbattle]

Heroes die



They come back as an memory to tell stories about, give the rover a big salute my friends