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Tag Archives: Opportunity
Opportunity: Shadows of afternoon lengthen
Sol 4893, October 29, 2017. Opportunity is parked in the area dubbed La Bajada. The top shot at right was taken by the left Hazcam at 3:38 p.m. local time, the one below 19 minutes later. Click either to enlarge … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, Endeavour Crater, La Bajada, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley
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Opportunity: Looking at La Bajada
Sol 4891, October 27, 2017. Opportunity’s current target of study is a rocky area dubbed La Bajada. The Pancam shot a two-frame composite showing the surface of the rocks partly embedded in the soil. The rocks show shallow grooves that … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, Endeavour Crater, La Bajada, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley
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Opportunity: 10 feet back upslope
Sol 4890, October 26, 2017. Seeking to examine some rocks upslope from Opportunity’s last position, scientists drove the rover about 10 feet back. This places the front of the rover where the instrument arm can work on a target area … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley, ventifacts, wind erosion
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Opportunity: Composite view toward north
Sol 4886, October 22, 2017. Above is a composite view of Navcam shots starting with one that looks straight up the slope Opportunity is parked on (left side) and continuing on the north side around to look straight downslope (right … Continue reading
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Opportunity spends the week imaging
Opportunity Status Report, October 20, 2017: Opportunity is continuing her winter exploration of “Perseverance Valley” on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. Although winter conditions are constraining activity, rover energy production has improved slightly, and more of the earlier relay … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, Endeavour Crater, La Bajada, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley
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Opportunity report, Sol 4864, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
October 2, 2017: Opportunity Braves Onset of Winter to Picture Perseverance. The Martian winter began to grip Endeavour Crater in September, slowing the pace of the Mars Exploration Rovers mission. But Opportunity braved the brutal cold in Perseverance Valley and … Continue reading
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Opportunity: Recent drive improves energy levels slightly
Opportunity Status Report, October 16, 2017: Opportunity is continuing her winter exploration of “Perseverance Valley” on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The cold, low-light winter conditions continue to constrain activity, although with a recent drive, energy levels have improved … Continue reading
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Radar shows thick, porous sediments & no ground ice under Meridiani Planum
New findings reveal deposits on Mars that could be interpreted to be ice-rich may contain little or no ice at all, based on an analysis of radar sounder data for Meridiani Planum — an area on the planet’s equator being … Continue reading
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Tagged ground ice, groundwater, Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding, MARSIS, Meridiani Planum, Opportunity
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Opportunity: Head of the valley in false color
Sol 4859, September 24, 2017. Five Pancam frames in false color (Holger Isenberg) profile the head of Perseverance Valley, looking upslope from the rover’s perch on a Sun-favored “lily pad.” Opportunity’s tracks into the valley are visible in the disturbed … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley
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Opportunity field report, September 22, 2017
Sol 4857, September 22, 2017: Rover Field Report by Larry Crumpler, MER Science Team & New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: Opportunity is continuing its drive down Persevereance Valley, a channel that was cut in the inner wall … Continue reading
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