Opportunity did not answer NASA’s final call, and it’s now gone to us

Ars Technica:

Late Tuesday night, scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory sent their final data uplink to the Opportunity rover on Mars.

Opportunity would finally be declared dead on Sol 5352, as in five thousand, three hundred, and fifty-two days on Mars. NASA is expected to make it official at 2pm ET Wednesday, when NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and the chief of the agency’s science division, Thomas Zurbuchen, convene a news conference.

Someday, humans will arrive on Mars and find Opportunity and its fellow wanderer Spirit. I hope we have a fitting tribute to these little robots.