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Tag Archives: Opportunity
Opportunity report, Sol 5193, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
September 9, 2018: NASA Focuses on Recovering Opportunity as Storm Diminishes and Dust Settles: The dust raising power of the storms that wrapped Mars in a cloud in June and July diminished in August, sending all that powdery stuff back … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, dust, dust storms, Endeavour Crater, global dust storms, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley, weather, wind
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Opportunity: Martian skies clearing over rover
[Editor's note: The above images were taken on July 7, 2017.] A planet-encircling dust storm on Mars, which was first detected May 30 and halted operations for the Opportunity rover, continues to abate. With clearing skies over Opportunity’s resting spot … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, dust, dust storms, Endeavour Crater, global dust storms, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley, temperature, weather
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Opportunity: No word yet as skies begin to clear
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Status Report, August 23, 2018: No signal from Opportunity has been heard. The dust storm on Mars continues to decay. There has been no new storm activity within ~1,864 miles (3,000 kilometers) of the rover site. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, dust storms, Endeavour Crater, global dust storms, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley, tau, temperature, weather
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Opportunity: Science team continues to listen as storm diminishes
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Status Report, August 14, 2018: The planet-encircling dust storm on Mars continues to decay, although in fits and starts. Atmospheric opacity (tau) over the rover site was estimated down near 2.1, but then popped up to … Continue reading
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Opportunity recovery efforts: Six things
NASA’s Opportunity rover has been silent since June 10, when a planet-encircling dust storm cut off solar power for the nearly-15-year-old rover. Now that scientists think the global dust storm is “decaying” — meaning more dust is falling out of … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, dust storms, Endeavour Crater, global dust storms, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley, tau, temperature, weather
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Opportunity: Still no change in status
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Status Report, August 7, 2018: There is no news since the last status update. As reported last week, the planet-encircling dust storm on Mars is showing indications of peaking and perhaps decaying. Dust lifting sites have … Continue reading
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Opportunity: Dust storm may have peaked
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Status Report, August 2, 2018: The planet-encircling dust storm on Mars is showing indications of peaking and perhaps decaying. Dust lifting sites have decreased in extent and some surface features are starting to become visible. The storm … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, dust storms, Endeavour Crater, global dust storms, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley, temperature, weather
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Opportunity report, Sol 5162, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
August 1, 2018: Dust Storm Wanes, Opportunity Sleeps, Team Prepares Recovery Strategy: Opportunity may be seeing the light again, a little sunlight that is. As the veteran Mars Exploration Rover (MER) slept in Endeavour Crater’s Perseverance Valley under the thick … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, dust storms, Endeavour Crater, global dust storms, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, PEDE, Perseverance Valley, planet-encircling dust event, weather
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Opportunity: Deep sleep continues beneath raging dust storm
[Editor note: Entry bumped because of update] NASA Mars Exploration Rover Status Report, updated at 2:25 p.m. PDT on July 26, 2018: It’s the beginning of the end for the planet-encircling dust storm on Mars. But it could still be … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, dust storms, Endeavour Crater, global dust storms, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley, temperature, weather
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Mars ‘storm chasers’ seek dusty secrets
Storm chasing takes luck and patience on Earth — and even more so on Mars. For scientists watching the Red Planet from data gathered by NASA’s orbiters, the past month has been a windfall. “Global” dust storms, where a runaway … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, dust storms, global dust storms, haze, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, Mars Color Imager, Mars Exploration Rover, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MAVEN, MER, MRO, MSSS, NASA, Opportunity, storms, temperature, University of Colorado, weather, wind
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