Mystery: NASA lost contact with one of the robots on Mars

The Opportunity rover, one of the artifacts that explore Mars, lost communication with NASA about two weeks ago and they fear that this lack of communication will be final.

Since 2004, the robot has explored the southern hemisphere of the red planet, while in the northern part is the curiosity – perhaps a little more famous for its discoveries – which is on the Martian surface since 2012.

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Some scientists say that little sunlight due to the dust storm that is growing in the area could affect deeply This has forced the suspension of scientific activities and the rover has stopped sending signals to the control of the Earth's mission.Curiosity does not suffer from this problem because it feeds on it. nuclear energy.

But the researchers say that it is very likely that she is in low-energy mode and they hope that, sometime after the storm, she will have enough energy to transmit a signal.