Tag Archives: Marathon Valley

Opportunity: Marathon Valley, for 7th Mars winter

Posted on July 7, 2015 by rburnham

Operators of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity plan to drive the rover into a valley this month where Opportunity will be active through the long-lived rover’s seventh Martian winter, examining outcrops that contain clay minerals….  The rover is operating in … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Lindbergh Mound in false color

Posted on July 6, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4066, July 2, 2015. Two multi-filtered Pancam frames let Holger Isenberg make a false-color composite of the enigmatic Lindbergh Mound. Click on the image to open a larger version in a new tab; click here to download a full-size … Continue reading →

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Opportunity report, Sol 4064, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society

Posted on July 2, 2015 by rburnham

July 3, 2015: Opportunity Phones Home after Conjunction Healthy, Ready to Rove: After three weeks of being in a communications blackout on the other side of the Sun during the Earth-Mars solar conjunction, Opportunity phoned home from the rim of Spirit … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Close-up on ‘red edge’ target

Posted on July 1, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4064, June 30, 2015. As the front Hazcam imaged the rover amid a rock field on the “red edge” of Spirit of St. Louis Crater, the Microscopic Imager made a two-frame composite (below right) of a rough target rock. … Continue reading →

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Opportunity field report: June 26, 2015

Posted on June 30, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4060 (June 26, 2015) Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: Opportunity is back in communication after the two-week blackout of solar conjunction. We will be cleaning up activities … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Out of conjunction

Posted on June 29, 2015 by rburnham

Sols 4059 and 4062, June 25 and 28, 2015. Pancam images profile Swann Hill (above, in a color reconstruction by Holger Isenberg) and the enigmatic Lindbergh Mound in the left-side #2 filter (below). Each image enlarges into a new tab … Continue reading →

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Opportunity field report: June 4, 2015

Posted on June 5, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4039 (June 4, 2015) Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: Opportunity is now  on the other side of the Sun and will remain out of contact for about … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: False-color surface rocks & dirt

Posted on June 4, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4037, June 3, 2015. A false-color composite by Holger Isenberg of seven Pancam images reveals variations in the mineralogy of the rocks and dirt in front of the rover. (Click the image to load a larger version.) This area lies … Continue reading →

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Opportunity report, Sol 4035, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society

Posted on June 3, 2015 by rburnham

June 3, 2015: Opportunity Tours Spirit of St. Louis Crater  Opportunity spent a mostly merry month of May on Mars touring Spirit of St. Louis Crater, stopping at science targets named in honor of Charles Lindbergh and the incredible flight he … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Eastward vista

Posted on June 2, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 4036, June 2, 2015. A Navcam composite ranges from the Cape Tribulation summit at far left, past Swann Hill, the low entrance to Marathon Valley in the center, to the Lindbergh Mound rock pile at right. The far rim … Continue reading →

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