Concern Increasing About Opportunity Rover

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This is a view from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter of the dust storms around Spirit and Opportunity. Image credit: NASAJPLMSSS
This is a view from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter of the dust storms around Spirit and Opportunity. Image credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS

Rover engineers are growing increasingly concerned about the temperature of vital electronics on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity while the rover stays nearly inactive due to a series of dust storms that has lasted for more than a month.


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