Mars rover Opportunity enters 'deep sleep' cycle to save energy
NASA's solar-powered Mars Exploration Rover (MER) "Opportunity" has begun periodically entering a power-saving "deep sleep" mode overnight to allow more operations during the day. Opportunity entered deep sleep on May 27, after a trial run on May 6. The new sleep mode is enabled by a software...
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