NASA's Opportunity rover has been silent since June 10, when a planet-encircling dust storm cut off solar power for the nearly-15-year-old rover. Now that scientists think the global dust storm is "decaying"--meaning more dust is falling out of the atmosphere than is being raised back into it--skies might soon clear enough for the solar-powered rover to recharge and attempt to "phone home."
NASA's Opportunity rover has been silent since June 10, when a planet-encircling dust storm cut off solar power for the nearly-15-year-old rover. Now that scientists think the global dust storm is "decaying"--meaning more dust is falling out of the atmosphere than is being raised back into it--skies might soon clear enough for the solar-powered rover to recharge and attempt to "phone home."
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