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Tag Archives: Sleepy II
Opportunity report, Sol 4481, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
September 5, 2016: Opportunity Gets in the Groove, Wraps Science Marathon Valley: Opportunity got in the groove at Endeavour Crater in August finishing the last of her science assignments in Marathon Valley, the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) team prepared for … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Gibraltar II, Hinners Point, Knudsen Ridge, Lewis and Clark Gap, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, Matijevic Formation, MER, Muffler II, NASA, Opportunity, Sleepy II, Wharton Ridge
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Opportunity report, Sol 4451, by A.J.S. Rayl, The Planetary Society
August 3, 2016: Opportunity Nears End of Marathon Valley Tour, Team Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Viking: …Opportunity worked some of the last of her science assignments in Marathon Valley and the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) team celebrated its 10th mission … Continue reading
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Tagged Bashful II, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Knudsen Ridge, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Sleepy II
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Opportunity: Sleepy II, and driving on
Sol 4445, July 26, 2016. Opportunity turned its Pancam onto a clump of rocks collectively dubbed Sleepy II. (False-color version by Holger Isenberg.) Names here commemorate rocks studied by the Viking landers 40 years ago this summer. Then the rover … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, Hinners Point, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Sleepy II, Viking landers
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