Here's to you, Oppy. 🥂 Before you say #GoodNightOppy, catch up on the little Mars rover that could. Touching down on the Red Planet in 2004, Opportunity embraced its namesake, and turned a 90-day mission into a 15-year journey of exploration and discovery. Opportunity made a number of discoveries about Mars, including dramatic evidence that long ago at least one area of the planet stayed wet for an extended period, and that conditions could have been suitable for sustaining microbial life. After 5111 Sols (Martian days) and venturing 26.219 miles (42.195 kilometers), the Opportunity rover sent its final communication home to Earth, its solar panels disrupted by a severe Mars-wide dust storm. After more than a thousand commands to restore contact, engineers in Mission Control made their last attempt to revive Opportunity on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Oppy’s legacy lives on. Curiosity and Perseverance, the next generation of Mars rovers, continue their journey of scientific exploration...