NASA has made its final attempts to contact its Mars rover Opportunity, which has been silent on the surface of the Red Planet for eight months. LOST OPPORTUNITY ROVER SPOTTED ON MARS BUT NASA STILL CAN'T TALK TO ITLost in an epic dust storm that enveloped Mars and prevented sunlight from reaching its surface, the last signal received from the $400 million solar-powered rover was on June 10, 2018. On Sept. 20, the HiRISE high-resolution camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an image of the rover in Mars’ Perseverance Valley. The Curiosity rover, which reached the Red Planet in August 2012, has more than 12 miles on its odometer. NASA'S CURIOSITY ROVER MAY HAVE SOLVED A MARS MOUNTAIN MYSTERYMars looms large in America’s space future.

Source: Fox News February 13, 2019 15:33 UTC