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Tag Archives: Sgt. Charles Floyd
Opportunity: Two sergeants on Pancam parade
Sol 3962, March 18, 2015. Before driving away from the rim edge, Opportunity examined two unusual rocks, both named for U.S. Army sergeants who participated in the 1804-06 Lewis & Clark Expedition. Seen here in true-color images reconstructed from filtered … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Sgt. Charles Floyd, Sgt. Nathaniel Pryor
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Opportunity: Close-up on Sgt. Charles Floyd
Sol 3960, March 16,2015. The Microscopic Imager takes a close look at Sgt. Charlex Floyd with a three-frame composite. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, a location map. and atmospheric opacity, known as tau.
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Opportunity: Gazing at some rim rocks
Sol 3955, March 10, 2015. The leftside Navcam shows rock varieties in the outcrop in front of the rover. The target Sgt. Charles Floyd stands at upper left. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, a location map. and atmospheric … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Sgt. Charles Floyd
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Opportunity dusts off Sgt. Charles Floyd
Sol 3950, March 5, 2015. Opportunity used its brush to clear dust from the unusual rock dubbed Sgt. Charles Floyd (after the quartermaster of the Lewis and Clark expedition). The brushed area appears as a slightly darker circle in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Sgt. Charles Floyd, Spirit of St. Louis Crater
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Opportunity studies ‘odd rocks’ at valley overlook
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity climbed last month to an overlook for surveying “Marathon Valley,” a science destination chosen because spectrometer observations from orbit indicate exposures of clay minerals. Near the overlook, it found blocky rocks so unlike any previously … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Sgt. Charles Floyd, Spirit of St. Louis Crater
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