Opportunity
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| Launch date | July 8, 2003, 6:18 AM GMT+3 |
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| Cost | 400 million USD |
| Landing date | January 25, 2004 |
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| Manufacturers | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Distance covered | 45. 16 km (28. 06 mi) |
| Did you know | Opportunity examined the impact site of its own heat shield and discovered an intact meteorite, now known as Heat Shield Rock, on the surface of Mars. |
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| ID | 649503 |
About Opportunity
Opportunity, also known as MER-B or MER-1, and nicknamed "Oppy", is a robotic rover that was active on Mars from 2004 to late 2018.
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University deadline-day: 'Covid has changed, my whole future"
It is deadline day for anyone to decide whether the acceptance of your University offers.
The universities and Colleges Admissions Service Ucas Said earlier This Week that More Than 65,000 applicants still have their heads.
in The Middle of a pandemic means that these decisions are more complicated than usual.
While the University is still an exciting idea for Some , others feel unsure about the prospect of The First Year affected by online learning and social distancing.
Abigail Coe, who is still in the planning, Manchester Metropolitan University, says she feels Worried .
"Covid-19 has changed my expectations of what will be on the University. It is non-life market, or night, The Social aspect seems to be almost non-existent.
For the 17-Year -old Abigail , the University was actually a Back -up plan. She had wanted to start a journalism training and work once they leave school.
But the coronavirus outbreak meant business, Some of the media, to recruit as many others who have stopped.
"The lack of employment opportunities has pushed me in the study in the autumn," she says news beat.
"the pandemic has changed my whole Future . "
Abigail feels the "freedom of adulthood", they would have been taken at the University.
"I'm afraid I'll be stuck At Home in my first term to do lectures online.
"I was really Looking Forward to joining societies and clubs such as ice hockey, but as a Zoom can call, you give to know this?"
Molly scales, from Glasgow, has decided to reject all your offers and also thinks that The Experience will be diminished, because of the pandemic.
This also means that the 17-Year -old can once again for their top choice of University, it was Rejected .
"personally, I think" face-to-face learning much more useful than online classes," she says.
But, she continues: "Pushed on me is also very anxious, especially as a University, admitted that the competition for places fierce in the next Year . "
Professor Wyn Morgan, Vice President for administration at the University of Sheffield says that Some People means to delay or reject offered that there may be more places than usual this Year .
"There are still more places available on Some of The World 's best universities, graduates, the school a special Opportunity .
"In contrast, 2021 is to postpone an incredibly competitive want to be able to time to the University, so applicants should think carefully before you do this. "
the 18-Year -old Catherine in Front of the feeling is positive. If she gets The Grades she needs, she plans to go ahead and investigate the biological natural Sciences at Cambridge .
"I try to keep in mind that, although The First term or so to be disturbed, we are still the second and Third Year to Make Up for the Lost Time . Many of the uni students, Said I have spoken, it is better, in the later years, anyway, since it actually says friends", you news beat.
Some students have complained about a lack of clarity from universities about issues such as accommodation work.
But Catherine, from Essex, says that she feels relatively well supported.
"I can create E-Mails with positive encouragement that the University experience is as normal as you, and that you want to start lectures as soon as you can, but you are limited by the government policies.
"we were told that face-to-face teaching should still go ahead, only in a more socially distant the form.
"I'm still a hope, because it changes Some of the time until October and The Situation so quickly.
"I don't know what happened overnight, but I Am completely in empathy with the University, that it's hard to know what is the appropriate action, and it all depends on whether there is a second wave. "
Night classesIt is not easy, the people are about to go to University in the UK to make the difficult decisions.
Isobel Roberts, of The First Year Civil Engineering student at the University of Bristol, was the anticipation of heading to Sydney for a Year .
But because of the pandemic, the Australian border closed to international students.
Isobel was offered a chance to do, to classes online from the United Kingdom, but has Rejected them.
"Some of the courses can be taken in real time, which means I would study in The Middle of The Night , this is completely impossible in the long term," says you news beat.
"Covid-19 decimate the University experience. "
Courteney Sheppard, senior customer experience manager at Ucas , has Some advice for Young People who still have their heads on their offers.
"If you need so much information as to the correct decision For You , log you in to the Track and you choose your firm and insurance choices, before 6 PM UK time.
"It is important to remember to go the reasons that you chose to go to the University before the coronavirus as they are still valid in The Future . "
"Take Some time to discuss everything with the people whose opinion you value most. So your teachers, parents or friends might.
"you can also speak with a expert Ucas Advisor on The Phone , on Social Media and talk with current students via our website. "
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