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Examining Rock Outcrop at 'The Spirit of St. Louis' Crater
by Staff Writers
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 14, 2015


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Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater near the entrance of "Marathon Valley," a putative location for abundant clay minerals.

The rover is positioned on a light-toned outcrop next to the feature called "The Spirit of St. Louis" crater. The rover is continuing a campaign to investigate surface targets in this light-toned outcrop.

On Sol 3977 (April 1, 2015), the rover began two sols of Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) measurements with offset placements between sols. On Sol 3979 (April 3, 2015), the rover bumped to a new surface target, moving almost 20 feet (6 meters).

For the next two evenings, atmospheric argon was measured using the APXS.

Additional in-situ (contact) science with the robotic arm instruments was planned for Sol 3982 (April 7, 2015), but a DSN problem prevented the sequence plan from being transmitted to the rover.

Opportunity instead executed on-board run-out sequences. The missed plan will be repeated in the next uplink planning opportunity.

Two more amnesia events occurred in the evenings of Sols 3979 and 3980 (April 3 and April 5, 2015). Both events were benign with no loss of science data.

As of Sol 3982 (April 7, 2015), the solar array energy production was 559 watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0971 and a solar array dust factor of 0.732.

Total odometry is 26.24 miles (42.24 kilometers).


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Flash Reformatted and Marathon Completed
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 01, 2015
The Opportunity mission is now the first human enterprise to exceed marathon distance of travel on another world. Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater near 'Marathon Valley', a putative location for abundant clay minerals. The rover is approaching a feature called 'Spirit of St. Louis Crater' at the entrance to Marathon Valley. On Sol 3964 (March 19, 2015), the flash-me ... read more


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