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Opportunity field report, October 26, 2016

Posted on October 27, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4535, October 26, 2016; Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: Since the last report, Opportunity has driven into the next valley to the south which we have informally … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Checking the scuffed ground at Lupus

Posted on October 26, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4534, October 25, 2016. The Microscopic Imager’s latest target area is dubbed Lupus, named for a town in Missouri visited by the Lewis and Clark explorers. This is an area of soil disturbed by Opportunity’s right front wheel as … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Pancam profiling of Spirit Mound

Posted on October 24, 2016 by rburnham

Sols 4530-31, October 21-22, 2016. Because Spirit Mound’s origin is unclear (and potentially of scientific interest), the rover team is profiling it from above (upslope). The missing frames may be added as days go by. False-color composite (3.2 MB) by … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Disturbed ground near Gasconade

Posted on October 20, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4527, October 18, 2016. Above is a front Hazcam view of an area near Gasconade where Opportunity has spun around and disturbed the ground with its wheels. The two small light-toned rocks (arrow) are of interest as perhaps showing … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Exploring at Gasconade

Posted on October 13, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4521, October 12, 2016. Parked at the Gasconade site, Opportunity has placed the Marion target (right) in the workplane of the instrument arm. (False-color reconstruction from Pancam frames by Holger Isenberg.) Above, the Navcam takes in the scene looking … Continue reading →

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Opportunity to descend Bitterroot Valley

Posted on October 7, 2016 by rburnham

NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover will drive down a gully carved long ago by a fluid that might have been water, according to the latest plans for the 12-year-old mission. No Mars rover has done that before. The longest-active rover on … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Gusev Crater

Posted on October 7, 2016 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, October 7, 2016. Today’s VIS image shows the part of the floor of Gusev Crater with the Columbia Hills. Numerous dark linear markings were created by dust devil action. The Columbia Hills are where the … Continue reading →

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Opportunity report, Sol 4510, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society

Posted on October 5, 2016 by rburnham

October 5, 2016: Opportunity Exits Marathon Valley then Rocks Spirit Mound: It was another September to remember for the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) mission as Opportunity cruised through the Lewis and Clark Gap and out of Marathon Valley, then hiked … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Close-up on Gasconade

Posted on October 3, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4512, October 3, 2016. The Microscopic Imager takes a multi-frame composite (2 MB) of target Gasconade at Spirit Mound (right). Above, the front Hazcam captures the bigger picture. Click either image to enlarge it. Opportunity raw images, its latest … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Spirit Mound workspace

Posted on September 28, 2016 by rburnham

Sols 4505-07, September 26-28, 2016. Above is a shot looking over Spirit Mound toward a boulder field out on the floor of Endeavour Crater. At right is a three-shot composite (1.7 MB) taken over three sols of the workspace that … Continue reading →

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