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Mission Launch
Mission Launch of Opportunity to attempt to discover evidence of life of Mars or trace of water or minerals. Any substance that could hospitalize life was to search for. -
Landed on Mars
It was the darkest landing spot ever made on a Mars mission. The crater was later called Eagle Crater. -
Heat Shield Rock discovered
In search of the heat shield, a meteorite was discovered in the process. They named the meteorite after what had coincidencially brought them to find the meteorite. -
Record- Longest Martian single day drive
Drove 220 meters in one sol (solar day) -
Stuck in Sand Dune
The rover had dug a hole in the sand and accidentally dug a hole that was too big for the wheel and it got stuck. -
Made its first movements to escape from the sand dune
The scientists worked weeks to come up with a way to remove the rover with the least possible damage. They did so by starting to move inch by inch out of the dune. -
Woke up from Dust Storm in Erebus Crater
Rover woke up days after multiple Dust Storms hit Opportunity while it was studying and collecting samples in Erebus Crater. -
Robotic Arm stops functioning at the Erebus Crater
Damage had occurred to the robot arm due to the amount of dust that compiled on the rover in the dust storms. -
Reaches Victoria Crater
Opportunity rode the rim of the crater and eventually drove inwards and began a study of the soil and its minerals. -
Solar Conjunction (Loss of Communication)
Lose Communication with Earth when Mars went in between the Earth and the Sun. -
Solar Conjunction (Regain of Communication)
Communication was regained when the solar conjunction was no more. We could at last move the rover once again. -
Block Island discovered
Largest meteorite found on Mars so far in history. It is said to have traces of minerals and water evidence from the past. -
Record setting Mars mission
Broke the record set by Viking 1 of 2245 sols and is now 2246 sols -
Arrives at Santa Maria Crater
Rover collected evidence that scientists claimed beared evidence of previous water reminants. -
Arrives at Endeavour Crater
Here Opportunity studied old rocks that obtained traces of past water presence.
