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Opportunity field report: January 7, 2015
Sol 3894 (January 7, 2015) Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: “Opportunity made it to the summit!! The view is spectacular. From here we can see all the way … Continue reading
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Opportunity: On Cape Tribulation’s peak!
Sol 3894, January 7, 2015. On top at last! Opportunity summits out on Cape Tribulation. The Navcam view south (click on the image for a larger version) shows a horizon with the Meridiani plains at right. These merge into Endeavour … Continue reading
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Opportunity report by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
December 3, 2014: Opportunity roves from Wdowiak Ridge into network of fractures. As a large, threatening regional dust storm blowing across the southern hemisphere of Mars continued to degrade and the skies over Endeavour Crater began to clear, veteran Mars Exploration … Continue reading
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Opportunity report by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
November 4, 2014: Opportunity Images Comet, Ducks Storm, Departs Ulysses. As winds whirled and converged to the west of Endeavour Crater, spewing rust red dust upward and obscuring the skies, Opportunity’s power dropped dramatically in October, but the Mars Exploration … Continue reading
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Opportunity report by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
October 4, 2014: Opportunity Gets Extension, Returns Killer Panoramas, and Roves onto Mystery Rocks. While the winds of Martian spring blew through Meridiani Planum in September, Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity reformatted its Flash memory then continued exploring Wdowiak Ridge on … Continue reading
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Opportunity field report: September 22, 2014
Sol 3790 (September 22, 2014) Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: “There was a stand-down of activities on Opportunity for a week or so as we emptied the flash … Continue reading
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Opportunity report by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
September 3, 2014: Opportunity Suffers Unwanted Computer Reboots, Hunkers Down for Reformat. After setting the new off-Earth rover distance record in July, Opportunity roved on in August, driving south along the eastern edge of Endeavour Crater’s western rim to Wdowiak … Continue reading
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Opportunity: Coping with flash memory problems
Sols 3752-3758, August 13-19, 2014. Opportunity is moving south along the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards ‘Marathon Valley,’ a putative location for abundant clay minerals. More recently, the incidence of Flash memory-induced resets has increased. The rover experienced … Continue reading
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Opportunity field report: August 15, 2014
Sol 3753 (August 15, 2014) Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: “Opportunity did the first drives upslope around sol 3745 on its long journey toward the crest of … Continue reading
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Opportunity’s surroundings after 25 miles on Mars
This panorama combines several images from the navigation camera on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity to show the rover’s surroundings after surpassing 25 miles (40.23 kilometers) of total driving on Mars. The component images were taken on July 29, 2014, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Solander Point, Wdowiak Ridge
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