NASA Opportunity Mars Rover Cross Stitch Pattern "Oppy" Tribute Stitch - Instant PDF Download

On February 12, 2019, NASA engineers and scientists made their last attempt to contact the MER-B (Mars Exploration Rover B) on the surface of Mars. The rover, nicknamed Opportunity, had been silent since the previous June, when a dust storm engulfed the entire red planet. Three days after the skies were shrouded in this enormous atmospheric event, on June 12 2018, Opportunity sent its final status update before entering into hibernation. That final transmission was poetically translated by science writer Jacob Margolis thus: "My battery is low, and it's getting dark." "Oppy" had exceeded its operating period expectations by 5,500%, sending back images, data, and reports from Mars for 5,111 sols rather than the 90 it had been designed to last. Over that time, it became something of an anthropomorphic hero and symbol for the indomitable spirit of human exploration. Many people cried at its eventual decommission.This pattern marks the anniversary of NASA's final attempt to contact MER-B O