Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist's illustration of a six-wheeled rover on the surface of Mars, with a rock-studded reddish landscape in the background.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's a new documentary about the Opportunity rover's life on Mars. "Good Night Oppy" is available for streaming November 23.

A young girl with a terminal illness forms a bond with the Mars rover in Filament Theatre's world premiere of Farewell ...

NASA's Opportunity Mars rover was built to operate for just 90 days, but kept going for 15 years. NASA officially declared it dead on Wednesday, and its last message to scientists before it went dark ...

Martian winds helped clear Opportunity's solar panels, extending its operation. Cutting-edge lithium-ion batteries contributed to the craft's longevity. Opportunity's robust specifications and NASA's ...

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is conducting a “walkabout” survey of “Marathon Valley,” where the rover’s operators plan to use the vehicle through the upcoming Martian winter, and beyond, ...

The initial work of NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity at its new location on Mars shows surface compositional differences from anything the robot has studied in its first 7.5 years of exploration.

To bid farewell to NASA's plucky Opportunity rover in 2018, mission staff at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory decided to play Billie Holiday's "I'll Be Seeing You." A new documentary, "Good Night Oppy ...