Nasa is preparing to make one last attempt to contact Mars rover Opportunity, before officially declaring it dead.
The Mars rover team lost contact with Opportunity more than eight months ago, when a global dust storm enveloped the red planet for several months, blocking sunlight from the rover’s solar panels.
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