Tag: LRO

  • Aging Mars rover could be shut down

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    The Opportunity Mars acquired images for this self-portrait mosaic in March 2014. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State Univ. NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, working well past their expected lifetimes, could be shut down in fiscal year 2016 as the agency tries to balance funding for older missions and development of modernized new space…