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Gathering the rocks of Meridiani Planum

[Editor’s note: From a paper by Michael Bouchard and Bradley Joliff recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] A Systematic Method for Classifying and Grouping Late Noachian and Early Hesperian Rock Targets Analyzed by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Looking north

Sol 3825, October 27, 2014. The rover’s left Navcam takes in the view over Wdowiak Ridge, with the rim of Ulysses Crater just visible in the center foreground. In the distance beyond lie the Solander Point and Cape York rim … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Sol 3679, May 30, 2014

In the distance toward the north-northeast, a small part of the Cape York rim segment pokes into view behind Murray Ridge, in a false-color image created by Holger Isenberg using filtered Pancam images. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, … Continue reading

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Ancient watery environments at Endeavour Crater

A new paper in Science from a team led by Raymond Arvidson (Washington University) and Steven Squyres (Cornell University) reports on water-related minerals found by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, which reached Endeavour Crater in August 2011. The paper is … Continue reading

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Mars Rover Opportunity explores Cape York

Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity reached the south end of Cape York, a segment of the rim of Endeavour Crater about 700 meters (2,300 feet) long, on August 9, 2011. Scientists and engineers examined several targets there before driving the rover … Continue reading

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