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Opportunity Heading South To Victoria
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2006 Mars Rover controllers report that Opportunity remains healthy and is continuing to drive toward Victoria Crater. The rover covered a distance totaling about 170 meters (558 feet) during the week, and has been sending back images containing lots of ripples sprinkled with a dash of outcrops.
Opportunity sol-by-sol highlights: Sol 778 (April 2): Opportunity drove 25.3 meters (83 feet) and used its navigation and panoramic cameras to image the area after the drive. The rover also observed the atmosphere. Sol 779: The rover took 13-filter panoramic camera images to survey the ground near it. The miniature thermal emission spectrometer observed the sky and ground. Sol 780: Opportunity drove 58.4 meters (192 feet), took navigation and panoramic camera images of the post-drive area, and conducted atmospheric and remote sensing. Sol 781: The rover drove 32 meters (105 feet), used its navigation and panoramic cameras to image the post drive-area, and conducted atmospheric remote sensing. Sol 782: Opportunity drove 45 meters (148 feet), used its navigation and panoramic cameras to image the post-drive area, and conducted atmospheric remote sensing. Sols 783 and 784 (April 7 and 8): Controllers planned for the rover to conduct some targeted remote sensing. Odometry: As of the end of sol 782 on April 6, Opportunity had traveled 7,249 meters or 4.5 miles. Related Links Mars Rovers
The Soggy Sands of Mars
Davis CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2006Cracks and fins in the sand in an American desert look very similar to features seen on Mars and may indicate the recent presence of water at the surface, according to a new study by researcher Greg Chavdarian and Dawn Sumner, associate professor of geology at UC Davis. |
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