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Opportunity in standby as commanding moratorium ends

Submit on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 22:58

During a moratorium on commanding this month while Mars passed nearly behind the sun – a phase called solar conjunction — NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity entered a type of standby mode.

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