Video file for media and public use. NASA announced the completion of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity's mission after a final attempt to command the rover. Opportunity last communicated with Earth on June 10, 2018, as a global dust storm blanketed the solar-powered rover's location on Mars. Opportunity landed at Meridiani Planum on Mars Jan. 24, 2004, at 9:05 p.m. PST (Jan. 25, 2004, at 12:05 a.m. EST). The golf-cart-sized rover has an initial goal of driving 700 yards (600 meters) and operating on the Red Planet for 90 Martian days (sols). Instead, Opportunity operated over 14 years, and traveled over 28 miles (45 kilometers).
