June 10

2002 - Prof. Kevin Warwick of the University of Reading in England demonstrates the first direct electronic communication between the nervous systems of two humans.
2003 - The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
2018 - NASA's Opportunity rover sends it last message back to Earth. The mission was declared over on February 13, 2019.

• Affectionately nicknamed "Oppy," the unexpectedly long-lived rover's last data transmission was "translated" by a journalist as "My battery is low and it's getting dark."
  The phrase struck a chord with the general public, inspiring a period of mourning, artwork, and tributes to the memory of the rover.