NASA’s Opportunity Rover Is Dead on Mars After 15 Years

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is shown in this handout photo released to Reuters July 29, 2014. Reuters/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State University/Handout

NASA’s Opportunity Rover, which was launched in 2003, has ended its mission, said the U.S. space agency.

The rover spent about 15 years on the red planet. But eight months ago, Opportunity went silent, prompting NASA to declare it dead on Feb. 13.