Tag Archives: Nueva Vizcaya

Opportunity: RATting on Aguas Calientes

Posted on March 15, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 5026, March 15, 2018. For the first time in more than a year, Opportunity’s mission team put the rover’s Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) to work on a target: Aguas Calientes, part of the large Ysleta del Sur outcrop. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Opportunity: Wheel tracks in false color

Posted on February 20, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 5003, February 19, 2018. After driving Opportunity upslope and away from Nueva Vizcaya, rover controllers turned the Pancam back on the rover’s tracks (above). The tracks’ tint in this false-color view (by Holger Isenberg) shows that disturbing the surface … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Opportunity: Driving south-southwest

Posted on February 14, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 4997, February 13, 2018. After studying the rock Nueva Vizcaya, Opportunity drove 15 meters (about 50 feet) to the south-southwest, as mission planners head for the next area of interest in Perseverance Valley. Above is the Navcam view downslope … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Opportunity: Closeup on Nueva Vizcaya

Posted on February 13, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 4994, February 10, 2018. The Microscopic Imager moved in on a target dubbed Nueva Vizcaya, and “papered” the outcrop with a set of images. This rock surface appears to be etched and eroded by wind-blown sand particles. At right … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off