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Opportunity High Tails It To Victoria Via A Rock At Emma Dean Crater
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 18, 2006 Opportunity is healthy and is currently driving toward "Victoria Crater," which is a little over 100 meters (328 feet) away. On sol 936 (Sep. 11, 2006), a short bump was made to a robotic arm rock target called "Cape Faraday" near the crater "Emma Dean." Opportunity drove 1.45 meters (4.8 feet) between sols 936-940. Sol-by-sol summaries: Sol 936 (Sep. 11, 2006): The morning of this sol saw the rover monitoring the amount of dust on itself using the panoramic mast assembly. Opportunity completed a panoramic camera tau, assessing the clarity of the sky. The rover then bumped to the robotic arm target at Emma Dean Crater and took a panoramic camera image of the arm's work area. Another measurement was done before the Mars Odyssey pass. During the pass, Opportunity used the miniature thermal emission spectrometer and had a look at that instrument's calibration target. Sol 937: Opportunity used the morning to examine certain points in the sky with its panoramic camera and miniature thermal emission spectrometer. The miniature thermal emission spectrometer took measurements of the sky and ground, and the instrument's calibration targets were examined. Sol 938: Opportunity completed another assessment of the clarity of the sky. The rover used its miniature thermal emission spectrometer to measure points on the sky and ground and used its navigation camera to search for clouds. The rover's miniature thermal emission spectrometer had a look at targets "Thompson" and "Jones." Sol 939: The rover did another assessment of the sky, a tau measurement. The rover used its microscopic imager to snap a photo of Cape Faraday before grinding. The rock abrasion tool ground into the target and the microscopic imager took the "after" shot. The panoramic camera took images in the rover's driving direction. The alpha particle X-ray spectrometer was used after the Odyssey pass. Sol 940 (Sep. 15, 2005): On this morning, Opportunity used its panoramic camera to examine targets in the sky and used the miniature thermal emission spectrometer to look at the sky and ground. The rover examined Cape Faraday with the Moessbauer spectrometer, and took a look at the rock "Beaman" with the miniature thermal emission spectrometer. During the Odyssey pass, the rover investigated the miniature thermal emission spectrometer calibration target. As of sol 936, (Sep. 11, 2006) Opportunity's total odometry was 9130.29 meters (5.67 miles) Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Mars News and Information at MarsDaily.com Mars News and Information at MarsDaily.com Lunar Dreams and more
Exploring Earth And Mars
Moffett Field CA (JPL) Sep 19, 2006Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, spoke at the recent Viking thirtieth anniversary celebration. In part one of this edited transcript, Meyer discusses how the history of exploration directs our efforts to learn more about Mars, and provides an overview of what we have learned so far from recent Mars missions. |
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