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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 report by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society

January 7, 2015: Opportunity Closes in on 11th Anniversary and We Look Back on 2014. With a wonder year of discoveries, historic feats, and bummers in the rear view mirror – and plenty of mettle to continue exploring – Opportunity … Continue reading

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Opportunity’s surroundings after 25 miles on Mars

This panorama combines several images from the navigation camera on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity to show the rover’s surroundings after surpassing 25 miles (40.23 kilometers) of total driving on Mars. The component images were taken on July 29, 2014, … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Sol 3752, August 13, 2014

Opportunity halts on the eastern slope of Wdowiak Ridge, while the Navcam takes a panorama looking east into Endeavour Crater. At this point, the rover stands higher on Cape Tribulation than the summit of Murray Ridge — note how the … Continue reading

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Opportunity rolls past Meridiani milepost 25

NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover, which landed on the Red Planet in 2004, now holds the off-Earth roving distance record after accruing 25 miles (40 kilometers) of driving. The previous record was held by the Soviet Union’s Lunokhod 2 rover. “Opportunity … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Sol 3728, July 20, 2014

Sand ripples trace roughly parallel lines across the saddle between the Solander Point rim segment, which Opportunity has explored, and the Cape Tribulation segment lying ahead on the skyline (two-frame Navcam composite). Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Sol 3718, July 9, 2014

As Opportunity drove down into the saddle between Murray Ridge, the crestline of the Solander Point rim segment, and Cape Tribulation, the Navcam imaged its surroundings (two-frame composite above). Winds blowing through the saddle have pushed up small ripples of … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Sol 3717, July 8, 2014

In two frames, the Navcam captures the view looking over the saddle between the rover’s current position on Murray Ridge and the Cape Tribulation rim segment at right. In the distance lies the interior of Endeavour Crater and farther rim … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Sol 3717, July 8, 2014

The Fin, in Pancam closeup. (Image contrast adjusted to reveal shadow detail.) Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location map. (A shortcut to Sol 3717 Pancam images is here.)

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Opportunity: Sol 3716, July 7, 2014

The Pancam takes a look at The Fin, a cracked slab of rock, possibly breccia, which the rover may examine more closely. (Image has reduced contrast to reveal details on The Fin’s underside.) Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, … Continue reading

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