Tag Archives: Mars Exploration Rover

The evolution of Endeavour Crater

Posted on June 6, 2019 by rburnham

[Editor’s note: From a paper by Madison Hughes and five co-authors recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] Degradation of Endeavour Crater Based on Orbital and Rover‐Based Observations in Combination With Landscape Evolution Modeling • Landscape evolution modeling indicates … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Endeavour Crater in false color

Posted on May 15, 2019 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, May 15, 2019. Today’s false color image shows part of Endeavour Crater in Meridiani Planum. The MER Opportunity Rover drove along the rim of this crater, ending its 15 year mission after losing contact during … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Goodbye Opportunity

Posted on April 2, 2019 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, April 2, 2019. This false-color VIS image shows part of Meridiani Planum. While this image does not show where the Opportunity MER rover explored, Meridiani Planum was Opportunity’s home since it arrived in January 2004. … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Last panorama and images

Posted on March 13, 2019 by rburnham

Over 29 days last spring, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity documented this 360-degree panorama from multiple images taken at what would become its final resting spot in Perseverance Valley. Located on the inner slope of the western rim of Endurance … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Hazcam tour of Meridiani Planum, Sols 1-5104

Posted on February 15, 2019 by rburnham
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Six things to know about Opportunity

Posted on February 14, 2019 by rburnham

After 15 years, the mission of NASA’s Opportunity rover has come to an end, but its successes on Mars have earned it a spot in the robot hall of fame. Here’s what you need to know about our intrepid Martian … Continue reading →

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Opportunity report, Sol 5353, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society

Posted on February 14, 2019 by rburnham

February 14, 2019: NASA Declares Opportunity and MER Mission ‘Complete’ It happened last night. At around 8 pm February 12, 2019, Pacific Standard Time (PST), as the strains of Billie Holiday singing “I’ll Be Seeing You” filled the Space Flight … Continue reading →

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Opportunity’s mission comes to an end

Posted on February 13, 2019 by rburnham

[Ed. note: videos of NASA’s briefing and a commemoration of Opportunity’s mission are here and here.]  One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, NASA’s Opportunity rover mission is at an end after almost 15 years exploring … Continue reading →

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NASA briefing on Opportunity rover

Posted on February 13, 2019 by rburnham

NASA will discuss the status of its Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity in a media briefing at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) Wednesday, Feb. 13, from the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The briefing will air live … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: More than 835 recovery commands have been sent

Posted on February 11, 2019 by rburnham

NASA Mars Exploration Rover Status Report, February 7, 2019: Mars atmospheric opacity (tau) over the rover site is estimated to be somewhere in the range of 0.9 to 1.3. No signal from Opportunity has been heard since Sol 5111 (June … Continue reading →

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