Tag Archives: Harry H. Knight

Mars crater commemorates pioneering flight

Posted on May 21, 2015 by rburnham

(Click on the image to open a larger version in a new browser window.) NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is studying an elongated crater called “Spirit of St. Louis” and a rock spire called “Lindbergh Mound” within the crater. The … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Close up on Harold M. Bixby

Posted on May 20, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4023, May 19, 2015. The Microscopic Imager makes a four-frame composite of the rock target Harold M. Bixby. (Like Harry H. Knight, Bixby was another St. Louis businessman and supporter of Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 solo trans-Atlantic flight.) Click the … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Harry H. Knight, in false color

Posted on May 18, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4016, May 12, 2015. The rock named Harry H. Knight (for a St. Louis businessman who funded a large part of Lindbergh’s trans-Atlantic flight in 1927) has a distinctive bluish color in this false-color image. Holger Isenberg created the … Continue reading →

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