Tag Archives: Mars Exploration Rover

Opportunity field report, May 3, 2017

Posted on May 4, 2017 by rburnham

Sol 4718, May 3, 2017; Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: On this sol Opportunity made the final drive in the month-long process that began way up north … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Perseverance Valley beckons

Posted on May 3, 2017 by rburnham

Sol 4718, May 2, 2017. After a 33-meter (110-foot) drive to the southeast, Opportunity’s Navcam shot a composite showing the throat of Perseverance Valley with the interior or Endeavour Crater beyond; Winnemucca mesa stands on the skyline at right. Below … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Cruising past Casper

Posted on May 2, 2017 by rburnham

Sol 4717, May 1, 2017. The rover’s Navcam looked back toward the north and east, capturing a diminutive impact crater dubbed Casper Crater, after the Command and Service Module for the Apollo 16 Moon mission. Click image to enlarge it. … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Approaching the valley

Posted on May 1, 2017 by rburnham

Sol 4716, April 30, 2017. With an east-southeast drive of nearly 40 meters (130 feet approximately), Opportunity is drawing near to the head of Perseverance Valley. At right, Winnemucca mesa stands overlooking the scene. Click image to enlarge it. Opportunity … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Mariner 4 Crater

Posted on April 28, 2017 by rburnham

Sol 4713, April 27, 2017. This is Mariner 4 Crater, a small impact feature, as imaged in false colors (Holger Isenberg) by Opportunity’s Pancam. More on its namesake spacecraft here. Click image to enlarge it. Opportunity raw images, its latest … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Passing Orion Crater

Posted on April 27, 2017 by rburnham

Sol 4712, April 26, 2017. Orion Crater is an old, rather degraded impact crater about 25 meters (82 feet) wide. Opportunity drove along its western edge on the way toward Perservence Valley.  The crater appears in the Navcam composite above … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Head of the valley just ahead

Posted on April 25, 2017 by rburnham

Sol 4711, April 25, 2017. After a 36-meter (120-foot) drive to the southeast, the Pancam shows the head of Perseverance Valley as a shallow notch in the center of this three-frame composite. It lies about 100 meters (330 feet) away. … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Rover backtrail

Posted on April 25, 2017 by rburnham

Sol 4710, April 24, 2017. The Navcam shot a semi-pan looking back north and showing the rover’s tracks as it came down from Cape Tribulation and across the level separating that cape from the next one south, Cape Byron. The … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Rolling toward Perseverance

Posted on April 24, 2017 by rburnham

Sol 4709, April 23, 2017. Four Navcam frames show the vista ahead as Opprtunity rolls toward the head of Perseverance Valley (arrow). Thanks to a long drive on Sol 4705, the rover has caught up with mission planners’ timeline for … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Sights ahead

Posted on April 21, 2017 by rburnham

Sol 4706, April 21, 2017. After a 19-meter (62-foot) drive, the rover’s Pancam surveyed the ground ahead. The left arrow points to the start of Perseverance Valley, the right arrow indicates a bright outcrop of rock to investigate, and the … Continue reading →

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