NASA Opportunity last words: Heartfelt messages flood in as NASA Mars rover dies

The sad announcement came after NASA engineers exhausted all available options to try and revive the ailing Opportunity.

On Wednesday, February 13, NASA said Opportunity stood at the forefront of Mars and will be missed.

Jim Bridenstine, an administrator at the US space agency said: “It is because of trailblazing missions such as Opportunity that there will come a day when our brave astronauts walk on the surface of Mars.

“And when that day arrives, some portion of that first footprint will be owned by the men and women of Opportunity, and a little rover that defied the odds and did so much in the name of exploration.”

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