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Originally Posted by Ray Allan
We're about one month away from Mars InSight's landing on Meridiani Planum. Hopefully, the Great Galactic Ghoul stays away and the landing is successful. Landing on Mars has been notoriously difficult over the decades.
I think the Opportunity (MER-2) rover might be dead. Contact was lost with Opportunity's sister, the Spirit (MER-1) rover in 2010. Numerous attempts to contact Opportunity have failed over the last few months. But there has been a big dust storm raging on Mars during this time, so the rover might still wake up if its solar panels aren't too covered in dust. Either way, both Mars Exploration Rovers have been a success being they landed on Mars in 2004 and were only designed for a 90-day mission.
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Well,
Opportunity is solar powered, so dust storms definitely affect it, but
Curiosity is nuclear powered, and it is having troubles as well.
Let's hope all goes well with Insight.