Tag Archives: Mars Exploration Rover

Opportunity report, Sol 5341, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society

Posted on February 4, 2019 by rburnham

February 2, 2019: Opportunity Logs 15th Year in Silence, Team Begins ‘Hail Mary’ Efforts: As a string of dust storms moved through Meridiani Planum and over Endeavour Crater in January, Opportunity silently wrapped her fifteenth year on the surface of … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Rover team beaming new commands

Posted on January 28, 2019 by rburnham

Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have begun transmitting a new set of commands to the Opportunity rover in an attempt to compel the 15-year-old Martian explorer to contact Earth. The new commands, which will be beamed … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Over 600 recovery commands have been sent

Posted on January 25, 2019 by rburnham

NASA Mars Exploration Rover Status Report, January 25, 2019: Mars atmospheric opacity (tau) over the rover site is uncertain due to recent storm activity. No signal from Opportunity has been heard since Sol 5111 (June 10, 2018) during the historic … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: 15 years on Mars

Posted on January 24, 2019 by rburnham

NASA’s Opportunity rover begins its 16th year on the surface of Mars today. The rover landed in a region of the Red Planet called Meridiani Planum on Jan. 24, 2004, sending its first signal back to Earth from the surface … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Ma’adim Vallis

Posted on January 23, 2019 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, January 23, 2019. This VIS image shows a small section of Ma’adim Vallis. Ma’adim Vallis is located in Terra Cimmeria and empties into Gusev Crater, the home of the MER Spirit rover. See more THEMIS … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Dust storm activity appears to pick up south of rover

Posted on January 17, 2019 by rburnham

NASA Mars Exploration Rover Status Report, January 17, 2019: Dust storm activity appears to have picked up again, with a regional storm tracking south about 124 miles (200 kilometers) to the west of Opportunity. The storm is expected to increase … Continue reading →

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Opportunity report, Sol 5308, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society

Posted on January 7, 2019 by rburnham

[Ed. note: Opportunity captured this Martian dust devil as it twisted through the landscape below her vista point high on Knudsen Ridge on March 31, 2016.] January 6, 2019: Opportunity Still Silent, Team Still Hopeful: The Mars Exploration Rovers team and … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Over 6 months without word

Posted on December 21, 2018 by rburnham

NASA Mars Exploration Rover Status Report, December 21, 2018: Mars atmospheric opacity (tau) over the rover site remains at a storm-free range around 1.0. No signal from Opportunity has been heard since Sol 5111 (June 10, 2018). Opportunity likely experienced … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Team performs more frequent communication attempts throughout each day

Posted on December 17, 2018 by rburnham

NASA Mars Exploration Rover Status Report, December 12, 2018: Mars atmospheric opacity (tau) over the rover site remains at a storm-free range around 1.0. No signal from Opportunity has been heard since Sol 5111 (June 10, 2018). Opportunity likely experienced … Continue reading →

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Opportunity report, Sol 5280, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society

Posted on December 3, 2018 by rburnham

December 2, 2018: Team Continues Search for Opportunity’s Signal as Windy Season Begins: While InSight closed in on the Red Planet and NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) focused on getting that lander down on the surface safely in … Continue reading →

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