#oppy the rover

[canisbeanz]

April 6: Opportunity

The siblings give Oppy a good scrub and a fix up!

[roversrovers]

Ingenuity retired on the 20th anniversary of Opportunity landing on Mars 🥲

two remarkable pieces of engineering that exceeded our expectations and yet still feel like they are gone too soon 🧡

[wakemeupatsunrise]

This is literally my Roman Empire

[le-scenariste]

All I could think of whenever someone said 'Oppy'

[pumpkinrootbeer]

Thinking about Opportunity... Did you know they named an astroid after her. She was the first rover to travel the distance of a marathon and her mission lasted 55 times longer than intended. She literally WAS a completely new opportunity for Mars exploration. The team operating her were the ones who gave her the "Oppy" nickname. They had a whole playlist called Opportunity, wake up! for when they lost contact with her and sent over 1000 recovery commands. The last song they played her was "I'll be seeing you" by Billie Holiday.

[g4laxy-drag0n]

Edit: if I may add something, I'm not referring to their ground control when I say Spirit and Oppy are controlled by Macbooks. I mean the actual computer brains inside the rovers - as well as those for most of the 1990s-2000s Mars missions - were the same computers that were used in Macbooks. Enjoy!

[tumble-tv]

Don't mind me, I'm gonna go cry over a mars rover because I have no real human attachments and I got attached to a fucking robot instead

[beardedmrbean]

[pepperedart]

My mars gremlins,,,

[theissuewithred]

U ever just think about the opportunity rover and start crying

[stormtheskyelf2]

OPPY!

I drew my lil' baby rover bot..

we need to revive them

MINIONS!

TONIGHT WE [revive] THE [Opportunity]!!!!!!1!!111!!111!!!1!!

[angelnumber27]

It’s so crazy to me that the opportunity rover was projected to only last 90 sols (92.5 earth days) but actually lasted 5,352 sols or 15 earth years.

[screamingatmyfandom]

If you haven't watched Good Night Oppy yet then I suggest you do if you enjoy robots, space, and getting emotional over robots in space.

[promithiae]

So I made kind of an impulse purchase this evening of a locket. The seller had a service where they would print the pictures out for you if you send them.

"Perfect," I thought, "I don't have access to a color printer right now, this will make things so much easier"

I wasn't thinking. Now I have to send pictures of the Mars rovers Opportunity and Perseverance to a complete stranger to print out. They're expecting like. Children or grandparents or something but no

It's space robots.

[crystal963]

Further proof that humans will pact bond with anything is the fact that every time I see the words "my battery is low and it's getting dark," I sob my eyes out.