Tag Archives: Endeavour Crater

Opportunity: Aguas Calientes’ surface texture

Posted on March 13, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 5024, March 13, 2018. The Microscopic Imager moved in close to examine the surface of the target dubbed Aguas Calientes. Mission scientists are hoping to understand the nature of the rock in the outcrop and what created its streaky … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Ysleta del Sur, in Pancam false color

Posted on March 12, 2018 by rburnham

The mosaic at right, showing the outcrop named Ysleta del Sur, was built from Pancam frames taken on Sols 5019-22, March 8-11, 2019. (The false-color reconstructions are by Holger Isenberg.) Click the image (1.8 MB) to enlarge it. Opportunity raw … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Closeup on Guanajuato

Posted on March 7, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 5018, March 7, 2018. The Microscopic Imager shot a 12-frame portrait of the target dubbed Guanajuato. The rock face displays a variety of textures, which appear to include wind erosion and perhaps mineral veins. Click the image (5.6 MB) … Continue reading →

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Opportunity report, Sol 5013, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society

Posted on March 6, 2018 by rburnham

March 5, 2018: Opportunity Logs 5000th Day, Snaps Selfie, and Roves On: The Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) mission has made so many scientific discoveries and established so many records so consistently during the last 14 years that Opportunity’s achievements have … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Parked at Robledo

Posted on March 5, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 5016, March 5, 2018. After a drive downslope of 3.9 meters (about 13 feet), Opportunity is parked at a large exposure of broken rock dubbed Robledo. It is the light-colored area in the center of the three-frame Navcam composite … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Taking the southern perspective

Posted on March 2, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 5013, March 2, 2018. Three Navcam frames pick up the view to the south, across the low outcrops of Perseverance Valley, where the rover is currently parked. Click the image to enlarge it. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission … Continue reading →

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Opportunity Field Report, March 2, 2018

Posted on March 2, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 5013, March 2, 2018: Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: During the last week of February, 2018, on Sol 4999 since landing on Mars (14 years ago), … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Context for a crushed (?) rock

Posted on February 28, 2018 by rburnham

Sols 5003 and 5011, February 19 and 27, 2018. The view above by the Navcam provides context for a small area where it appears a rock was crushed by the rover wheels. This area was imaged earlier by Pancam (false-color … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Microscopic Imager shoots a rover selfie to commemorate Sol 5000

Posted on February 21, 2018 by rburnham

Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist R. Aileen Yingst was in the driver’s seat Feb. 15 directing the science activities for NASA’s Opportunity Rover as it spent its 5,000th day exploring the Martian surface. Yingst served as Science Operations Working Group … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Wheel tracks in false color

Posted on February 20, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 5003, February 19, 2018. After driving Opportunity upslope and away from Nueva Vizcaya, rover controllers turned the Pancam back on the rover’s tracks (above). The tracks’ tint in this false-color view (by Holger Isenberg) shows that disturbing the surface … Continue reading →

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