Sol 3786, September 18, 2014. The Pancam is looking north from high on Wdowiak Ridge, not far from Ulysses Crater, in this composite of three false-color images created by Holger Isenberg using filtered Pancam frames. The Solander Point rim segment, explored by Opportunity months ago, lies below and in the distance at left.
Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location map. (A shortcut to Sol 3786 Pancam raw images is here.)
THEMIS Image of the Day, September 22, 2014. Today’s VIS image shows a portion of Labou Vallis.
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MAVEN arrived at Mars this evening, firing its six main engines for about half an hour. This adjusted its velocity to allow MAVEN to be captured by Martian gravity. MAVEN’s mission begins with a lopsided, 35-hour initial orbit, which will over time be adjusted to a 4.5 hour science orbit… [More at link]
NASA Television will broadcast live the Sunday, Sept. 21, Mars orbital insertion of the agency’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft, from 9:30 to 10:45 p.m. EDT. The broadcast also will be available on the agency’s website.
The program, originating from the Lockheed Martin Facility in Littleton, Colorado, will feature live camera views of mission control, interviews with senior NASA officials and mission team members, and mission video footage. The spacecraft’s mission timeline will place the spacecraft in orbit at approximately 9:50 p.m. EDT… [More at link]
A million or more years ago… Given how “smooth” and eroded the crater is, it’s extremely ancient.
Beautiful Mars series.
Sol 3787, September 18, 2014. Opportunity has been climbing along Wdowiak Ridge and is nearing the rim of Ulysses Crater (left) in this four-frame Navcam composite. Scattered blocks of ejected material lie all around on the ground. Ulysses is about 25 meters (80 feet) wide.
Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location map.
THEMIS Image of the Day, September 19, 2014. Today’s polar image shows an unusual surface texture. The circular depressions look like Swiss cheese.
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Hooke Crater is located near the northern edge of the 1800 km-wide Argyre basin, one of the most impressive impact structures on Mars, excavated in a giant collision about 4 billion years ago. Sitting in a flat part of the basin known as Argyre Planitia, Hooke crater has a diameter of 138 km and a maximum depth of about 2.4 km. It is named after the English physicist and astronomer Robert Hooke (1635–1703)… [More at link]
Sol 3786, September 17, 2014. Two red-filtered frames from a Pancam mosaic in progress look over the interior of Endeavour Crater, with its eastern rim segments on the far horizon. The crater is about 22 km (14 miles) wide, with fields of sand dunes scattered across its floor. At left is part of Wdowiak Ridge, which the rover is steadily climbing, and in the middle ground lie the lower slopes of the Cape Tribulation rim segment, which the ridge forms part of. Next target for Opportunity: the edge of Ulysses Crater, a relatively young impact crater.
Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location map.
