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Tag Archives: Eagle Crater
Opportunity: Hazcam tour of Meridiani Planum, Sols 1-5104
Posted in Reports
Tagged Cape Byron, Cape Tribulation, Eagle Crater, Endeavour Crater, Endurance Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, Meridiani Planum, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley, Victoria Crater
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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
Posted in Reports
Tagged Botany Bay, Burns Formation, Cape York, Eagle Crater, Endeavour Crater, Endurance Crater, Gagarin, Grasberg Formation, Marathon Valley, Marquette, Mars Exploration Rover, Matijevic Formation, MER, Meridiani Planum, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Shoemaker Formation, Solander Point, Victoria Crater
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Opportunity landing site in color
A new observation from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captures the landing platform that the rover Opportunity left behind in Eagle Crater more than 13 years and 27 miles (or 44 kilometers) ago. A series of bounces and tumbles after … Continue reading
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Tagged Eagle Crater, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Exploration Rover, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MER, Meridiani Planum, MRO, NASA, Opportunity, University of Arizona, Victoria Crater
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