Fumbi linayimitsa Mwayi wa Mars rover

Mu June, NASA inanena kuti mphepo yamkuntho inapita ku Red Planet, kulepheretsa Opportunity rover kuti isapitirire ndikuchititsa kuti robot igone. Izi zinachitika zokha, chifukwa kugwira ntchito kwa chipangizocho kumadalira kukhalapo kwa dzuwa.

Panthawi yolemba nkhaniyi, tsogolo la olemekezeka linali losadziwikabe. Ray Arvidson, wachiwiri kwa mkulu, adanena mu kope la July 2018 kuti mphepo yamkuntho "ndi yachilengedwe padziko lonse ndipo ikupitirizabe kukwiya." Komabe, Arvidson amakhulupirira kuti galimoto yotetezedwa ku zochitika zoterezi imakhala ndi mwayi wopulumuka mphepo yamkuntho ngakhale itakhala miyezi ingapo, zomwe sizodabwitsa pa Mars.

Opportunity, kapena Mars Exploration Rover-B (MER-B), yakhala ikugwira ntchito pamtunda wa Red Planet kwa zaka khumi ndi zisanu, ngakhale kuti ntchito yamasiku 90 yokha ndiyomwe idakonzedweratu. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, ntchito ya Mizimu iwiri, yomwe imadziwika kuti Mars Exploration Rover-A, kapena MER-A mwachidule, inali kuchitidwa. Komabe, Spirit rover inatumiza zizindikiro zake zomaliza ku Dziko Lapansi mu March 2010.