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Tag Archives: Opportunity
Opportunity: Dust storm going global, rover likely in deep-sleep for weeks until skies clear
[Ed. note: Video replay of the briefing here, and a new NASA web page, Mars Storm Watch, here.] NASA scientists reported today that dust in the skies over Opportunity is thicker than ever seen before from the surface, and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Curiosity, dust storms, Endeavour Crater, global dust storms, MARCI, Mars Climate Sounder, Mars Color Imager, Mars Exploration Rover, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Science Laboratory, MCS, MER, MRO, MSL, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley, REMS, Rover Environmental Monitoring Station
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Opportunity dust storm update, June 12
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Status Report Updated at 6:30 p.m. PDT on June 12, 2018 NASA engineers attempted to contact the Opportunity rover today but did not hear back from the nearly 15-year old rover. The team is now operating … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, dust storms, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley
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NASA briefing on dust storm, Opportunity rover, June 13
NASA will host a media teleconference at 10:30 a.m. PDT (1:30 p.m. EDT) Wednesday, June 13, to discuss a massive Martian dust storm affecting operations of the agency’s Opportunity rover and what scientists can learn from the various missions studying … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, dust storms, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley
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MAVEN observations on dust storms
The Opportunity rover has proven hardier than expected by operating for nearly 15 years, despite being designed for a 90-day mission. The rover regularly deals with intense dust storms at the surface of the Red Planet and occasionally has to … Continue reading
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Tagged dust storms, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, Mars Exploration Rover, MAVEN, MER, NASA, Opportunity, University of Colorado
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Opportunity: Update on dust storm
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Status Report, updated at 4:30 p.m. PDT on June 10, 2018 NASA engineers received a transmission from Opportunity on Sunday morning – a positive sign despite the worsening dust storm. Data from the transmission let engineers … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, dust storms, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley
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Opportunity hunkers down during dust storm
Science operations for NASA’s Opportunity rover have been temporarily suspended as it waits out a growing dust storm on Mars. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter first detected the storm on Friday, June 1. As soon as the orbiter team saw how … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, dust storms, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley
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Opportunity: Giving La Joya the brush-off
Sol 5104, June 3, 2018. Opportunity’s current close-up target for the Microscopic Imager is a brushed-off part of the La Joya outcrop (above). At right, the front Hazcam shows the general scene to the south of the rover. Click either … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, Endeavour Crater, La Joya, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley
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Opportunity report, Sol 5102, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
June 2, 2018: Opportunity Makes Tracks on Magical Mystery Tour of Different Rocks: Opportunity continued exploring the south trough of Perseverance in May, still looking for evidence that explains just how this one-of-a-kind valley meandering through Endeavour Crater’s rim formed, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley
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Opportunity: Heavy traffic zone
Sols 5096-5100 (!), May 27-30, 2018. A 12-frame Pancam composite (false color by Holger Isenberg) shows the heavily trafficked ground to the northeast of the rover’s current position. As mission scientists wished to examine one outcrop or rock after another … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley
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Opportunity: Pancam looks downslope
Sol 5094, May 24, 2018. Opportunity’s Pancam looked downslope and made a set of multi-filtered images (false-color by Holger Isenberg) for a composite view of the lower Perseverance Valley channel. Note the streaks in the soil in the two images … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley
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