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September 16, 2015

Team Continues to Operate Rover in RAM Mode
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 13, 2015
Opportunity is within 'Marathon Valley' on the west rim of Endeavour Crater exploring for clay minerals. The rover is operating in persistent RAM mode (not using Flash for data storage). On Sol 4127 (Sept. 3, 2015), Opportunity bumped just 26 inches (65 centimeters) towards the surface target, 'Pvt. Silas Goodrich' to begin an in-situ (contact) science campaign. On Sols 4130 and 4131 (Sept. 6 and Sept. 7, 2015), the rover conducted a 2-sol robotic arm activity. On the first sol, the Al ... read more

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