After spending nearly five months conducting experiments in one spot, the NASA Mars rover 'Opportunity' moved for the first time the week of May 7, rolling off the rock outcrop where it hunkered down for the Martian winter.
IN SPACE - JANUARY 23: In this handout from the NOAA/National Weather Service's Space Weather Prediction Center, shows the coronal mass ejection (CME) erupting from the sun late January 23, 2012. The flare is reportedly the largest since 2005 and is expected to affect GPS systems and other communications when it reaches the Earth's magnetic field in the morning of January 24. (Photo by NOAA/National Weather Service's Space Weather Prediction Center via Getty Images)
NASA handout image shows a self portrait from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity covered in dust as the mission approached its fifth Martian winter, December 21 to 24, 2011. This is a mosaic of images taken by Opportunity's panoramic camera (Pancam) during the 2,111th to 2,814th Martian days, or sols. The downward-looking view omits the mast on which the camera is mounted. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State
