Tag Archives: Spirit of St. Louis Crater

Opportunity report, Sol 4035, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society

Posted on June 3, 2015 by rburnham

June 3, 2015: Opportunity Tours Spirit of St. Louis Crater  Opportunity spent a mostly merry month of May on Mars touring Spirit of St. Louis Crater, stopping at science targets named in honor of Charles Lindbergh and the incredible flight he … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Eastward vista

Posted on June 2, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4036, June 2, 2015. A Navcam composite ranges from the Cape Tribulation summit at far left, past Swann Hill, the low entrance to Marathon Valley in the center, to the Lindbergh Mound rock pile at right. The far rim … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Checking out Pvt. William Bratton

Posted on June 1, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4035, June 1, 2015. Private William Bratton was a member of the Lewis & Clark expedition — and also the namesake of a rock target for Opportunity at the northern edge of Spirit of St. Louis Crater. The rock’s … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Taking stock

Posted on May 26, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4029, May 25, 2015. Opportunity revisited the Donald Hall outcrop and target (see false-color Pancam image below by Holger Isenberg). Then the rover drove 34 meters (112 feet) to the north-northwest and shot the Navcam panorama above. (Click to … Continue reading →

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Mars crater commemorates pioneering flight

Posted on May 21, 2015 by rburnham

(Click on the image to open a larger version in a new browser window.) NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is studying an elongated crater called “Spirit of St. Louis” and a rock spire called “Lindbergh Mound” within the crater. The … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Close up on Harold M. Bixby

Posted on May 20, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4023, May 19, 2015. The Microscopic Imager makes a four-frame composite of the rock target Harold M. Bixby. (Like Harry H. Knight, Bixby was another St. Louis businessman and supporter of Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 solo trans-Atlantic flight.) Click the … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Harry H. Knight, in false color

Posted on May 18, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4016, May 12, 2015. The rock named Harry H. Knight (for a St. Louis businessman who funded a large part of Lindbergh’s trans-Atlantic flight in 1927) has a distinctive bluish color in this false-color image. Holger Isenberg created the … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Western prospect

Posted on May 14, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4016, May 12, 2015. Five Navcam frames composited show the western horizon from south (left edge) to north (right edge). Opportunity is resting on the material that fills Spirit of St. Louis Crater, which erosion has all but erased. … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Lindbergh in false-color closeup

Posted on May 14, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4011, May 6, 2015. Two Pancam multi-wavelength images of the Lindbergh rock mound led Holger Isenberg to create this false-color portrait. (Click the image to open a larger version in a new browser tab.) Opportunity raw images, its latest … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Working on Donald A. Hall

Posted on May 13, 2015 by rburnham

Sols 4114 & 4116, May 10 & 12, 2015. The view above is what lies directly behind the rover, as seen by the Navcam on Sol 4114 (May 10) in a three-frame composite. The Lindbergh mound is at left. (Click … Continue reading →

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