Tag Archives: MER

Opportunity Status Report, November 30, 2017: Opportunity is continuing her winter exploration of Perseverance Valley on the west rim of the Noachian-aged Endeavour Crater. Before moving to the next waypoint, the team commanded the rover on Sol 4916 (Nov. 21, … Continue reading →

Sol 4924, November 30, 2017. Three Navcam frames look back over Opportunity’s drive down Perseverance Valley. The most recent rover wheel tracks run straight up the slope. But left of center, tracks are visible which show the rover’s movements from … Continue reading →

Sol 4923, November 29, 2017. After nearly 15 meters (47 feet) of driving toward the east-northeast, Opportunity’s Navcam took a composite view looking ahead down the slope of Endeavor Crater’s inner rim. The low bumps and shallow troughs form part … Continue reading →

Sol 4911, November 17, 2017. As Opportunity’s scientists continue their survey of the troughs and channels in Perseverance Valley, they are driving the rover downhill. Side trips and brief upslope forays may occur as they study the bumps in the … Continue reading →

Sol 4907, November 13, 2017. Mission controllers drove Opportunity 8.8 meters (29 feet) downslope from its perch for the last week or two. The Navcam then took a sequence of images looking back up (left side) and toward the northwest … Continue reading →

Sol 4903, November 9, 2017. Rover controllers used the Pancam to start taking a series of images that look downhill over a portion of Perseverance Valley’s channel and Opportunity’s wheel tracks. Click image to enlarge it. Opportunity raw images, its … Continue reading →

November 2, 2017: Opportunity Pops Wheelies Over Etched Rocks in Perseverance. As the brutally cold weather got even colder at Endeavour Crater in October, the depths of winter gripped the Mars Exploration Rovers mission, Opportunity decelerated, and ‘life’ on Mars … Continue reading →