$400 Million NASA Mars Rover Might Be Gone Forever The NASA Mars rover Opportunity was lost in a massive, global dust storm on Mars that began on June 10. In a blog post, Andrew Good, NASA, via Fox News Good also wrote that no one will know if Opportunity is still operational "until it speaks." Opportunity left Earth <br />for the Red Planet <br />on July 7, 2003. Its mission was initially slated for <br />90 days. Opportunity crushed all expectations, making several ground-breaking discoveries over a period of 15 years. The rover has detected signs of water,
