Good Night Oppy

I just watched Good Night Oppy and it's surprisingly wonderful. I'm so excited to show it to Zac! Free on Amazon Prime, it's about the twin Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. Given a very short expected mission duration, Opportunity astounded everyone by lasting over 14 years!

I highly recommend this excellent heartwarming documentary, and it's very family friendly. It's rated PG for some very mild language (dammit).

Spirit rover
Landing date: January 4, 2004
Last contact: March 22, 2010

Opportunity rover
Landing date: January 25, 2004
Last contact: June 10, 2018

Curiosity rover
Landing date: August 5, 2012
still active

Perseverance rover
Landing date: February 18, 2021
still active

The newest rover exploring Mars is Perseverance (the mission mentioned at the very end of Life on Mars, the early reader by Mary Kay Carson which has a very nice overview of the missions sent to Mars thus far, with pictures).

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