Tag Archives: MER

Opportunity: Driving up the hill

Posted on December 19, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4587, December 19, 2016. The rover’s Navcam took the composite image above following a 31-meter (102-foot) drive uphill the day before (note Opportunity’s wheel tracks). The view (3.1 MB) looks generally east. Also on Sol 4587, the Pancam shot … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Going south, driving higher

Posted on December 14, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4582, December 14, 2016. This day’s drive was nearly 17 meters (about 55 feet) toward the west-southwest. The Navcam composite image shows the way forward. Click image (2 MB) to enlarge. At right, the Hazcams’ views fore and aft … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Eastern panorama

Posted on December 13, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4581, December 13, 2016. Six composited Navcam frames show the view toward the east across the floor of Endeavour Crater to the far rim, 14 miles (22 kilometers) away. The second and third frames from the left show three … Continue reading →

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Opportunity field report, December 9, 2016

Posted on December 12, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4577, December 9, 2016; Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: Beginning to Climb up the Crater Wall — Opportunity is continuing its great 21st century natural history expedition … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Onward and upward

Posted on December 9, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4577, December 9, 2016. On this sol, Opportunity drove 11.5 meters (38 feet) uphill toward the south, as it climbs to get around the ridge at left. The box in the Navcam composite above locates approximately the two-frame Pancam … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Pancam views Blackbird Hill

Posted on December 8, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4576, December 7, 2016. Blackbird Hill is the name applied to this portion of Southwest Ridge. Easy to see why rover drivers would prefer to go upslope to get around the ridge. (False-color restorations by Holger Isenberg.) Click image … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Southwest Ridge in false color

Posted on December 6, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4571, December 2, 2016. The Pancam shot a sequence of filtered frames looking toward the southeast. The second-left filtered frame was sent back to Earth missing one filtered image and another is incomplete, hence its odd coloration and appearance. … Continue reading →

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NASA radio on Trace Gas Orbiter aces relay test

Posted on November 29, 2016 by rburnham

Data from each of the two rovers active on Mars reached Earth last week in the successful first relay test of a NASA radio aboard Europe’s new Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). The transmissions from NASA rovers Opportunity and Curiosity, received … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Pathway to the south

Posted on November 28, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4566, November 27, 2016. The rover’s Navcam shot a composite view (above) looking southward, the direction Opportunity is traveling. Then the Pancam, which gives a 3x “telescopic view” compared to the Navcam, took a series (below) showing the rocks … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Pancam surveys Pompy’s Tower

Posted on November 25, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4562, November 23, 2016. The rover’s Pancam shot a five-frame profile of the feature dubbed Pompy’s Tower (false color by Holger Isenberg). Click image (3.8 MB) to enlarge. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, a location map. and … Continue reading →

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