NASA’S opportunity Rover Might Have Died On Mars
NASA’S opportunity Rover Might Have Died On Mars
“Its last communication with Earth as a massive dust storm blocked sunlight from reaching its solar panels to generate powers”.
NASA’s Opportunity rover in Mars that went into dream last June after a massive dust storm blocked sunlight from reaching its solar panels to generate power, might have “died”, fear scientists.Opportunity’s last communication with the Earth was received on June 10, 2018, as a planet-wide dust storm blanketed the solar-powered rover’s location on the western rim of Perseverance Valley, eventually block out so much sunlight that the drifter could no longer charge its batteries. Although the storm finally abated and the skies over Perseverance cleared, the 15-year-old rover has not communicated with the Earth since then. NASA said the new commands, which will be beamed to the rover in the next several weeks, address low-likelihood events that could have occurred aboard Opportunity, preventing it from transmitting The “dust-clearing season” the time of year on the Mars, when increased winds could clear the rover’s solar panels of dust that might be preventing it from charging its batteries is drawing to a close. Meanwhile, Mars is heading into southern winter, which brings with it extremely low temperatures that are likely to cause irreparable harm to an unpowered rover’s batteries, internal wiring or computer systems.
P.P.Neelayathakshi