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Image: NASA<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

For a vehicle that was only expected to last for just over 92 Earth days, NASA’s solar-powered Mars rover Opportunity has bettered even the most optimistic expectations – 14 years of active duty so far.<\/p>\n

Opportunity landed on Mars on in January 2004, three weeks after its twin, Spirit. The rovers’ research mission was to last 90 sols1<\/a><\/sup> – and NASA did not expect either of the rovers to survive their first harsh Martian winter.<\/p>\n

Powering the rovers were solar panels expected to generate approximately 140 watts of power for up to four hours per day (560 watt-hours), assuming optimal conditions. Unlike the solar panels<\/a> used for homes here on Earth, the solar cells on the rovers were based on what was at the time cutting-edge triple-junction gallium-arsenide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The solar panels were to charge two 8-amp-hour lithium battery packs weighing approximately 7kg. Both the panels and the battery systems were expected to be heavily impacted by hostile Mars conditions and their performance to drop off significantly very early on. However, early in the mission, the panels were cranking up to 960 watt-hours a day and even after five years, were sometimes achieving up to 840 watt-hours<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Aside from temperatures that can drop to -96\u00ba Celsius at night, dust storms are common on Mars and covered the solar panel arrays on multiple occasions. The only thing to clean them off has been wind. The following image is a “selfie” of Opportunity’s solar panels before and after a cleaning event2<\/a><\/sup> in 2014.<\/p>\n

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Image : NASA<\/p><\/div>\n

The solar + energy storage system performance and the NASA team’s ability to work with the conditions on Mars were certainly above and beyond, but Spirit eventually struck problems with mobility after being caught in a “sand trap”. Not only was it stuck, it prevented NASA being able to position Spirit for adequate solar generation. Communications ceased on March 22, 2010, but its mission lasted 20 times longer than originally designed.<\/p>\n

Opportunity has continued to soldier on to many more accomplishments, including seeing its 5,000th Martian dawn on the weekend – the following image from the rover is its 4,999th dawn.<\/p>\n

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Image: NASA<\/p><\/div>\n

“We’ve reached lots of milestones, and this is one more, but more important than the numbers are the exploration and the scientific discoveries,” said<\/a> Opportunity Project Manager John Callas, from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some of those discoveries can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The mission has not only demonstrated human ingenuity, but just how robust solar power<\/a> and energy storage technology can be. If you’re interested in keeping up to date with Opportunity’s progress, the Mars Exploration Rovers home page is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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