NASA Rover Finally Bites the Dust on Mars After 15 Years

NASA Rover Finally Bites the Dust on Mars After 15 Years
This illustration made available by NASA shows the rover Opportunity on the surface of Mars. NASA via AP
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA’s Opportunity, the Mars rover that was built to operate for just three months but kept going and going, rolling across the rocky red soil, was pronounced dead on Feb. 13, after 15 years on the planet.