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Opportunity report, Sol 4302, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society

Posted on March 4, 2016 by rburnham

March 4, 2016: Opportunity Scales Knudsen Ridge and Rocks On: As the Martian winter slowly begins to recede, Opportunity is working away on the steep slopes of Knudsen Ridge at the southern end of Marathon Valley, showing her mettle in … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Pancam at Pvt. Joseph Whitehouse

Posted on March 3, 2016 by rburnham

Sols 4303-04, March 2-3, 2016. Opportunity is parked at the foot of Knudsen Ridge, where the Pancam is using multi-wavelength images to document the target dubbed Pvt. Joseph Whitehouse. Below is a composite using false-color images by Holger Isenberg. At … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Studying Pvt. Joseph Whitehouse

Posted on February 26, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4298, February 26, 2016. As the Navcam shoots a sequence from its study area at the foot of Knudsen Ridge down Marathon Valley to the east (above), the Pancam takes two multi-filtered frames on a target named Pvt. Joseph … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Six-wheeling up a ridge

Posted on February 25, 2016 by rburnham

NASA’s senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is working adeptly in some of the most challenging terrain of the vehicle’s 12 years on Mars, on a slope of about 30 degrees. Researchers are using Opportunity this month to examine rocks that may … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Closeup on Knudsen Ridge rock

Posted on February 23, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4295, February 23, 2016. Below, the Microscopic Imager closes in on a rock at the Knudsen Ridge outcrop. (Click to enlarge.) At right, what the Hazcam saw. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, a location map. and atmospheric … Continue reading →

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Opportunity report, Sol 4274, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society

Posted on February 5, 2016 by rburnham

February 5, 2016: Opportunity Turns 12! Embarks on Electric Slide: Opportunity, stationed along Knudsen Ridge inside Marathon Valley at Endeavour Crater, defied the brutal cold of her seventh Martian winter in January, completing the study of an outcrop, navigating treacherous, … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Hunting differences at Knudsen Ridge

Posted on February 4, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4276, February 3, 2016. Two frames from the rover’s Pancam, rendered into false colors by Holger Isenberg, show faint differences among the surface materials at the foot of Knudsen Ridge. If the differences prove to be real, they may … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: At the foot of Knudsen Ridge

Posted on February 2, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1274, February 1, 2016. With the rover parked at the foot of Knudsen Ridge, the Pancam has been shooting frames for a false-color composite over the past few sols (by Holger Isenberg). The rough-textured outcrop may be an exposure … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Approaching Knudsen Ridge

Posted on January 29, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4271, January 29, 2016. Two Navcam composites show Opportunity approaching the rocky face of Knudsen Ridge, following a 4.1 meter drive up the steep slope of Marathon Valley. Late-afternoon Sun casts a lens flare on part of the right-most … Continue reading →

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Opportunity field report: January 28, 2016

Posted on January 29, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4270, January 28, 2016; Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: On January 23, Opportunity celebrated its 12 anniversary of landing on Mars. During that time we have driven … Continue reading →

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