Opportunity field report: June 4, 2015

04_4037_Rov_viewSol 4039 (June 4, 2015) Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: Opportunity is now  on the other side of the Sun and will remain out of contact for about two weeks… Solar conjunction will last from June 3 to June 23 this year. That is sol 4038 to sol 4058 in rover times. During this time period Opportunity is given a list of activities to do. (…) And this [above] is a view in the direction that Opportunity will head after solar conjunction. Basically it will head east through a notch in the rim of Endeavour crater and drop over local horizon into the head of Marathon Valley. That is the far rim of Endeavour crater  22 kilometers away just beyond the local horizon… [More at link]

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