"Why the Mars Rover Brings People to Tears: A Daughter's Explanation"

A video of a daughter crying over the Mars Opportunity Rover has gone viral on TikTok. The daughter explains that the rover used to sing "Happy Birthday" to itself every year and that its final words before "dying" in 2019 were "My battery is low and it's getting dark." Many people in the comments expressed empathy for the daughter's emotions and shared their own emotional connection to the Mars Rover. NASA's social media specialist says that Gen Z has become particularly fascinated by space exploration and the space sciences.