Mars Opportunity Rover Takes Everything Mars Throws At It

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The Mars rover Opportunity, nearly starved of electrical life by a dust storm that has blocked sunlight for a month, is beginning to see positive solar array margins. If that trend continues, it would enable the rover’s descent into the scientifically rich Victoria crater by early August, says John...

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