Opportunity rover driving between 'lily pads' in search of Martian sun and science
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 09:00
in Astronomy & Space
Just shy of an unfathomable 4200 Sols traversing ravishing alien terrain on the Red Planet, the longest living 'Martian' – NASA's robot 'Opportunity' – is driving between "lily pads" down steep walled Marathon Valley in search of life giving sun that enables spectacular science yielding clues to Mars watery past. All this as she strives to survive utterly harsh climate extremes, because 'winter is coming' for her seventh time on the fourth rock from the sun!