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NASA Makes Last Ditch Effort to Contact Mars Opportunity Rover

D-briefBy Chelsea GohdJan 30, 2019 11:40 AM
A new effort to restore contact with the Mars rover Opportunity addresses low-probability scenarios that could be keeping the rover from communicating with Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL illustration
An illustration of NASA's Opportunity rover on the martian surface. The team at NASA's JPL have begun new efforts to regain contact with the rover by addressing unlikely possible causes for the loss of communication. (Credit: NASA/JPL illustration)

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