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Tag Archives: Hinners Point
Opportunity report, Sol 4481, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
September 5, 2016: Opportunity Gets in the Groove, Wraps Science Marathon Valley: Opportunity got in the groove at Endeavour Crater in August finishing the last of her science assignments in Marathon Valley, the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) team prepared for … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Gibraltar II, Hinners Point, Knudsen Ridge, Lewis and Clark Gap, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, Matijevic Formation, MER, Muffler II, NASA, Opportunity, Sleepy II, Wharton Ridge
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Opportunity: Looking down the Valley
Sol 4468, August 18, 2016. The Navcam took a semi-panorama (1 frame high by 7 frames wide) that started looking northeast and finished by pointing southwest. Above, the lefthand part of the pan: a view down Marathon Valley, with dunes … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity: Gibraltar II panorama
Sol 4453, August 3, 2016. The rover’s Pancam has finally taken sufficient images to capture the north wall of Marathon Valley as the Gibraltar II panorama. The Gibraltar II target itself lies just left of center in the main outcrop. (The … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Gibraltar II, Hinners Point, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity report, Sol 4451, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
August 3, 2016: Opportunity Nears End of Marathon Valley Tour, Team Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Viking: …Opportunity worked some of the last of her science assignments in Marathon Valley and the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) team celebrated its 10th mission … Continue reading
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Tagged Bashful II, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Knudsen Ridge, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Sleepy II
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Opportunity: Sleepy II, and driving on
Sol 4445, July 26, 2016. Opportunity turned its Pancam onto a clump of rocks collectively dubbed Sleepy II. (False-color version by Holger Isenberg.) Names here commemorate rocks studied by the Viking landers 40 years ago this summer. Then the rover … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Sleepy II, Viking landers
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Opportunity: Moving onward
Sols 4442-43, July 23-24, 2016. Following a drive of about 75 feet (23 meters) to the north-northeast, Opportunity’s Navcam shot a 3-frame view looking ahead (above). The low ridge leads downslope from Hinners Point and forms the north wall of … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity: Down the valley
Sol 4438, July 19, 2016. Three Navcam frames portray the slope of Marathon Valley, and assorted rocks near the rover. Hinners Point lies out of the frame to the left, Knudsen Ridge at right. Click to enlarge. Opportunity raw images, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Knudsen Ridge, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity: Hinners Point
Sol 4433, July 13, 2016. A sequence of false-color Pancam frames outlines the edge of Hinners Point, which forms the north wall of Marathon Valley (color versions by Holger Isenberg). Click to enlarge. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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Opportunity report, Sol 4421, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
July 7, 2016: Opportunity Begins Final Science Campaign in Marathon Valley: The Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission entered its 150th month of surface exploration in June as Opportunity began checking off the last science investigations in Marathon Valley, and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Knudsen Ridge, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Pvt. Joseph Field
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Opportunity: Reshooting York
Sol 4420, June 30, 2016. The Pancam’s set of frames portraying the York target (circular area at right center) hints at a complex mineralogy for the rock it’s part of. (Holger Isenberg composite). Below, two Navcam frames show the head … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity
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