Opportunity

Summary

Opportunity is a Mars rover^[1]. Opportunity draws 1,505 Wikipedia views per month (mars_rover category, ranking #3 of 8).^[2]

Key Facts

• Opportunity's image is recorded as NASA Mars Rover.jpg^[3].
• Opportunity's instance of is recorded as Mars rover^[4].
• Opportunity's instance of is recorded as solar vehicle^[5].
• Opportunity's instance of is recorded as former entity^[6].
• Opportunity's operator is recorded as Jet Propulsion Laboratory^[7].
• Opportunity's follows is recorded as Sojourner^[8].
• Opportunity's followed by is recorded as Curiosity^[9].
• Opportunity's manufacturer is recorded as Jet Propulsion Laboratory^[10].
• Opportunity's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2003-032A^[11].
• Opportunity's location is recorded as Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle^[12].
• Opportunity's part of is recorded as Mars Exploration Rover^[13].
• Opportunity's Commons category is recorded as Opportunity rover^[14].
• Opportunity's space launch vehicle is recorded as Delta II^[15].
• Opportunity's SCN is recorded as 27849^[16].
• Opportunity's country of origin is recorded as United States^[17].
• Opportunity's source of energy is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[18].
• Opportunity's source of energy is recorded as lithium-ion battery^[19].
• Opportunity's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2003-07-08T00:00:00Z^[20].
• Opportunity's UTC date of spacecraft landing is recorded as +2004-01-25T00:00:00Z^[21].
• Opportunity's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026gcw^[22].
• Opportunity's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[23].
• Opportunity's significant event is recorded as surface exploration^[24].
• Opportunity's significant event is recorded as loss of signal^[25].
• Opportunity's significant event is recorded as mission termination^[26].
• Opportunity's location of landing is recorded as Eagle^[27].

Why It Matters

Opportunity draws 1,505 Wikipedia views per month (mars_rover category, ranking #3 of 8).^[2] Opportunity has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Opportunity is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

Opportunity is credited with the discovery of Block Island meteorite^[30], an iron meteorite^[31].

FAQs

What did Opportunity discover?

Opportunity is credited as discoverer of Block Island meteorite^[30].