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Opportunity update: ‘A Mars marathon!’

Posted on March 25, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3968, March 24, 2015, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: With the drive on Sol 3968, Opportunity has traveled more than a marathon’s distance on the surface of Mars!  This is the first time that any spacecraft has exceeded … Continue reading →

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Opportunity completes Mars marathon

Posted on March 24, 2015 by rburnham

There was no tape draped across a finish line, but NASA is celebrating a win. The agency’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity completed its first Red Planet marathon Tuesday — 26.219 miles (42.195 kilometers) — with a finish time of roughly … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Circling Spirit of St. Louis Crater

Posted on March 24, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3968, March 24, 2015. Having driven around the west end of Spirit of St. Louis Crater, the rover turned its Navcam back toward the east to shoot a three-frame composite. This shows the low-relief crater with its dark infill … Continue reading →

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Opportunity flash memory reformatted

Posted on March 23, 2015 by rburnham

After avoiding use of the rover’s flash memory for three months, the team operating NASA’s 11-year-old Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reformatted the vehicle’s flash memory banks and resumed storing some data overnight for transmitting later. The team received confirmation … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Rubble pile, Spirit of St. Louis Crater

Posted on March 23, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3967, March 23, 2015. Six Pancam frames make a composite image showing the rock pile at the east end of almost-eradicated Spirit of St. Louis Crater. In the background rises Swann Hill. (Click the image to load a larger … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Spirit of St. Louis Crater

Posted on March 20, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3963, March 19, 2015. Flat except for the small rubble pile (left center), Spirit of St. Louis Crater fills the entire foreground from left to right — yet its oval outline appears hardly distinguishable from the ground around it. … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Two sergeants on Pancam parade

Posted on March 20, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3962, March 18, 2015. Before driving away from the rim edge, Opportunity examined two unusual rocks, both named for U.S. Army sergeants who participated in the 1804-06 Lewis & Clark Expedition. Seen here in true-color images reconstructed from filtered … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Heading around Speckled Hill

Posted on March 18, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3962, March 18, 2015. Opportunity is driving southwest away from the edge of the ridge to get around Speckled Hill at left. (Click on the image to load a larger version in a new tab.) This low, rock-strewn hill … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Close-up on Sgt. Charles Floyd

Posted on March 16, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3960, March 16,2015. The Microscopic Imager takes a close look at Sgt. Charlex Floyd with a three-frame composite. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, a location map. and atmospheric opacity, known as tau.

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Opportunity: Valley view

Posted on March 14, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 3958, March 13, 2015. Four Pancam composite looking down into Marathon Valley, from the rim of Endeavour Crater. In the distance lie the crater’s floor (with dunes) and its southeastern wall. (Click the image to open a larger version … Continue reading →

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