NASA is expected to soon end efforts to contact Opportunity Mars rover, which has been silent since a major dust storm in June of this year.
Acting Director of NASA’s planetary science division, Lori Glaze, says the team intended to keep contacting Opportunity on a daily basis for at least another week before ending efforts.
Former rover controllers say the NASA team have not given Opportunity enough time to be revived if its solar panels were coated in dust from the storm.