Thank goodness for the internet.
The Friday, January 29th xkcd comic was a tribute to the Spirit Mars Rover. It was also incredibly sad. The alt text reads:
“On January 26th, 2274 Mars days into the mission, NASA declared Spirit ‘a stationary research station,’ expected to stay operational for several more months until the dust buildup on its solar panels forces a final shutdown.”
THANK YOU, INTERNETS, FOR FIXING THIS!
The Battersea Home for Lost Robots, by misswinterhill
xkcd/Doctor Who crossover
Rover angled its sensors to the sun, looking for the gleam of a rocketship, but seeing instead a rectangle of blue.