Tag Archives: Marathon Valley

NASA’s senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is working adeptly in some of the most challenging terrain of the vehicle’s 12 years on Mars, on a slope of about 30 degrees. Researchers are using Opportunity this month to examine rocks that may … Continue reading →

Sol 4295, February 23, 2016. Below, the Microscopic Imager closes in on a rock at the Knudsen Ridge outcrop. (Click to enlarge.) At right, what the Hazcam saw. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, a location map. and atmospheric … Continue reading →

February 5, 2016: Opportunity Turns 12! Embarks on Electric Slide: Opportunity, stationed along Knudsen Ridge inside Marathon Valley at Endeavour Crater, defied the brutal cold of her seventh Martian winter in January, completing the study of an outcrop, navigating treacherous, … Continue reading →

Sol 4276, February 3, 2016. Two frames from the rover’s Pancam, rendered into false colors by Holger Isenberg, show faint differences among the surface materials at the foot of Knudsen Ridge. If the differences prove to be real, they may … Continue reading →

Sol 1274, February 1, 2016. With the rover parked at the foot of Knudsen Ridge, the Pancam has been shooting frames for a false-color composite over the past few sols (by Holger Isenberg). The rough-textured outcrop may be an exposure … Continue reading →

Sol 4271, January 29, 2016. Two Navcam composites show Opportunity approaching the rocky face of Knudsen Ridge, following a 4.1 meter drive up the steep slope of Marathon Valley. Late-afternoon Sun casts a lens flare on part of the right-most … Continue reading →

Sol 4270, January 28, 2016; Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: On January 23, Opportunity celebrated its 12 anniversary of landing on Mars. During that time we have driven … Continue reading →