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Spirit Continues To Compile Panoramic Image
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 18, 2006 The latest report on NASA's Spirit rover shows it continuing to make progress on collecting images as part of its McMurdo panorama, as well as conducting detailed studies of soil targets on its wintering slope using the M�ssbauer spectrometer. The rover has acquired another column of the McMurdo panorama and relayed new data to Earth via the UHF antenna on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter. Sol-by-sol summary Sol 835 (May 9): Spirit conducted scientific analysis of the soil target Halley using its M�ssbauer spectrometer. Spirit also acquired panel 11 of the planned 27 panel, 360 degree, full-color McMurdo panorama. Sol 836: Spirit conducted remote sensing observations. Sol 837: Spirit continued acquisition of scientific data from Halley using the M�ssbauer spectrometer. Sol 838: Spirit continued acquisition of scientific data from Halley using the M�ssbauer spectrometer. Sol 839 to 841 (May 13 to 15): Mission controllers moved Spirit's robotic arm back to the soil target nicknamed Progress, where the rover previously brushed away a fine layer of soil. The next phase of the rover's detailed winter soil analysis experiment will be to conduct a three-day study of the brushed surface using the M�ssbauer spectrometer. Controllers have kept plans for remote sensing very light in order to devote resources to transmitting data acquired in recent weeks. As of sol 841 (May 15), Spirit's odometry totaled 6,876.18 meters (4.27 miles), and is expected to remain so for the duration of the Martian winter at Gusev Crater. Related Links Mars Rovers
Opportunity Presses On Toward Victoria
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 18, 2006NASA's Opportunity rover has driven about 200 more meters (656 feet) to put itself within about 1,100 meters (two-thirds of a mile) of Victoria Crater, its next destination on the Meridiani Planum. As of Martian sol 822, or 732 sols past its expected operational lifetime, the rover still has shown no major mechanical or technical difficulties. |
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