Tag Archives: Ulysses Crater

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

December 3, 2014: Opportunity roves from Wdowiak Ridge into network of fractures. As a large, threatening regional dust storm blowing across the southern hemisphere of Mars continued to degrade and the skies over Endeavour Crater began to clear, veteran Mars Exploration … Continue reading

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

November 4, 2014: Opportunity Images Comet, Ducks Storm, Departs Ulysses. As winds whirled and converged to the west of Endeavour Crater, spewing rust red dust upward and obscuring the skies, Opportunity’s power dropped dramatically in October, but the Mars Exploration … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Ejecta, sand ripples, and a view

Sol 3828, October 30, 2014. Opportunity is working its way higher up Wdowiak Ridge on Cape Tribulation, leaving Ulysses Crater behind — but the rover is still within the Ulysses impact debris field. The rocks in the left foreground may … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Looking north

Sol 3825, October 27, 2014. The rover’s left Navcam takes in the view over Wdowiak Ridge, with the rim of Ulysses Crater just visible in the center foreground. In the distance beyond lie the Solander Point and Cape York rim … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Jagged block of ejecta

Sol 3825, October 27, 2014. Opportunity is rolling uphill toward the south, away from Ulysses Crater, but higher on Cape Tribulation. Motoring in reverse, the rover’s right rear Hazcam catches a jagged chunk of rock (top; contrast adjusted), probably thrown … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Crimson Tide at Birmingham rock

Sol 3819, October 21, 2014. Exploring in the Ulysses Crater ejecta field on Wdowiak Ridge, the rover team is currently studying a roundish rock dubbed Birmingham and a target area on it named Crimson Tide. Birmingham, about half a meter … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Crowded work space

Sol 3812, October 14, 2014. Shades Valley is the rock target in the center foreground with a light-tone upper surface. All around lie smaller rocks, most or all of them being ejected debris from the Ulysses Crater impact. Several may … Continue reading

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Opportunity field report: October 10, 2014

Sol 3808 (October 10, 2014) Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: “Opportunity continues to work its way up Wdowiak Ridge as it ascend southward along the rim of Endeavour … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Rock ejecta with sharp edges

Sol 3803, October 5, 2014. Lipscomb rock, a piece of ejected debris from the Ulysses Crater impact, displays a sharp-featured, lightly weathered appearance. False-color image by Holger Isenberg using filtered Pancam frames. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and … Continue reading

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

October 4, 2014: Opportunity Gets Extension, Returns Killer Panoramas, and Roves onto Mystery Rocks. While the winds of Martian spring blew through Meridiani Planum in September, Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity reformatted its Flash memory then continued exploring Wdowiak Ridge on … Continue reading

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