-
Recent Posts
Archives
Links
general
mission instruments
- CRISM: Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars
- CTX: Context Camera
- HiRISE: High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
- MARSIS: Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding
- SHARAD: Shallow Radar
- THEMIS: Thermal Emission Imaging System
missions
- All Mars missions list
- Curiosity rover
- ExoMars
- Hope (al-Amal) orbiter
- InSight
- Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN)
- Mars Exploration Rovers (MER)
- Mars Express (MEX)
- Mars Odyssey
- Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) / Mangalyaan
- Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
- Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
- Perseverance Rover
- Tianwen-1 orbiter/rover
news
Tag Archives: Apollo 16
Opportunity: Mars crater links to Apollo moonwalk
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity passed near a young crater this spring during the 45th anniversary of Apollo 16′s trip to Earth’s Moon, prompting a connection between two missions. Opportunity’s science team informally named the Martian feature “Orion Crater.” The … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged Apollo 16, Cape Byron, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Orion Crater, Perseverance Valley
Comments Off
Opportunity: Cruising past Casper
Sol 4717, May 1, 2017. The rover’s Navcam looked back toward the north and east, capturing a diminutive impact crater dubbed Casper Crater, after the Command and Service Module for the Apollo 16 Moon mission. Click image to enlarge it. … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged Apollo 16, Cape Byron, Casper Crater, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley
Comments Off