Opportunity report, Sol 4064, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society

20150702_4-Lindbergh-Mound-Sol-4004-o42915-NavcamJuly 3, 2015: Opportunity Phones Home after Conjunction Healthy, Ready to Rove: After three weeks of being in a communications blackout on the other side of the Sun during the Earth-Mars solar conjunction, Opportunity phoned home from the rim of Spirit of St. Louis Crater on June 24th reporting that she is healthy and ready to continue the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission. (…)

“Opportunity came through solar conjunction with flying colors and is now dutifully carrying out her science assignments,” said Bill Nelson, chief of MER engineering at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), home to all NASA’s Mars rovers. [More at link]

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