Tag Archives: Perseverance Valley

Opportunity: Closeup on Nueva Vizcaya

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

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Opportunity: Checking out the North Wall

Sol 4993, February 9, 2018. With a short drive, Opportunity is parked next to the outcrop dubbed the North Wall. This is one of the features that delineate the Perseverance Valley channel. Above is a three-frame Navcam composite, at right … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Parking next to Jornada del Muerto

Sol 4991, February 7, 2018. Opportunity has moved to park close to the rock named Jornada del Muerto (at lower left in the Navcam composite above). At right are the front and rear Hazcam views. Click any image to enlarge … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Perseverance Valley outcrops

Sol 4990, February 5, 2018. Opportunity’s mission controllers backed the rover up a short distance after examining the rock named Jornada del Muerto (arrow). The low rise beyond the arrow has been dubbed the North Wall, and the broad outcrop … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Exploring the slope

Sol 4988, February 4, 2018. Three Navcam frames look southwards, as Opportunity explores the outcrops that define the course of Perseverance Valley as it descends the inner slope of Endeavour Crater’s rim. Click image to enlarge it. Opportunity raw images, … Continue reading

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Opportunity celebrates 14 years of working on Mars

Opportunity Status Report: Opportunity is continuing her exploration of “Perseverance Valley” on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover has moved along the north fork of the local flow channel. Continuing the extensive collection of stereo imagery, the rover … Continue reading

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Opportunity report, Sol 4985, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society

January 31, 2018: Mission Completes 14 Years of Exploring, Opportunity Roves into Year 15: Amidst the breakneck pace of increasingly disturbing news commanding the headlines in America and around the world, something extraordinarily wonderful, something unifying for all Earthlings happened … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Extending the ‘Journey of the Dead Man’

Sol 4984, January 30, 2018. Opportunity’s Microscopic Imager has revisited the outcrop named Jornada del Muerto. The MI took a second set of frames that lie just to the right of the previous set, collected on Sol 4977. In the … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Pancam scopes out Robledo

Sol 4983, January 29, 2018. Two frames by the Pancam (false color by Holger Isenberg) profile the outcrop dubbed Robledo.  Click the image to enlarge it. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, location map, and atmospheric opacity, known as … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Navcam looks northwest

Sol 4981, January 28, 2018. Despite some glare from the Sun (at bottom center), the rover’s Navcam shot a three-frame composite centered on azimuth 313° (northwest). The view includes the peak of the Cape Tribulation rim segment and a small … Continue reading

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