Subscribe free to our newsletters via your
. 24/7 Space News .




MARSDAILY
Rover Has Enough Energy for Some Late-Night Work
by Staff Writers
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 01, 2014


File image.

Opportunity is exploring the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is continuing south along the ridgeline that forms the spine of the crater rim, collecting color imagery of targets and outcrops along the way.

With ample energy, Opportunity has been able to conduct some late-night activities. On Sol 3697 (June 18, 2014), the rover collected an atmospheric argon measurement with the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS), and took advantage of a Phobos moon imaging opportunity.

On Sol 3698 (June 19, 2014), the rover proceeded just over 82 feet (25 meters) to the south with another Phobos imagining opportunity that night, and an argon measurement on the next night. Sol 3700 (June 21, 2014), was the first sol of a 2-sol 'touch 'n go' with the collection of a Microscopic Imager (MI) mosaic and subsequent APXS measurement on a surface target of opportunity. The rover then drove on the next sol, heading 42 feet (13.5) meters south.

On Sol 3703 (June 24, 2014), Opportunity began an approach to a surface target with a 31 feet (9.4-meter) move. Also, the project continues with the spacecraft clock correction, moving the clock about 3 seconds back each sol. There have been no Flash-related anomalies and the rover continues in good health.

As of Sol 3703 (June 24, 2014), the solar array energy production was 743 watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.652 and a solar array dust factor of 0.894.

Total odometry is 24.60 miles (39.59 kilometers).

.


Related Links
Mars Rovers at JPL
Mars Rovers at Cornell
Mars News and Information at MarsDaily.com
Lunar Dreams and more






Comment on this article via your Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail login.

Share this article via these popular social media networks
del.icio.usdel.icio.us DiggDigg RedditReddit GoogleGoogle








MARSDAILY
Aluminum-Bearing Site on Mars Draws NASA Visitor
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 25, 2014
With its solar panels their cleanest in years, NASA's decade-old Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is inspecting a section of crater-rim ridgeline chosen as a priority target due to evidence of a water-related mineral. Orbital observations of the site by another NASA spacecraft, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, found a spectrum with the signature of aluminum bound to oxygen and hydrogen. Rese ... read more


MARSDAILY
NASA LRO's Moon As Art Collection Is Revealed

Solar photons drive water off the moon

55-year old dark side of the moon mystery solved

New evidence supporting moon formation via collision of 2 planets

MARSDAILY
First LDSD Test Flight a Success

Rover Has Enough Energy for Some Late-Night Work

Curiosity travels through ancient glaciers on Mars

New Type of Dust in Martian Atmosphere Discovered

MARSDAILY
Commercial Crew Partners Focus on Testing, Analysis to Advance Designs

Italian businessman counter bids for Club Med

Orion Parachute Test Hits No Snags

Russia, China Ready to Cooperate in Space, Explore Mars

MARSDAILY
Chinese scientists prepare for lunar base life support system

China plans to land rover on Mars by 2020

Chinese lunar rover alive but weak

China's Jade Rabbit moon rover 'alive but struggling'

MARSDAILY
Space station astronauts wager friendly bet on USA vs. Germany match

Closing the recycling circle

Last European space truck set for July 24 launch

A Laser Message from Space

MARSDAILY
Indian rocket launch delayed three minutes to avoid space debris

Indian launches PSLV C-23 rocket carrying five foreign satellites

NASA aborts launch of OCO-2

SpaceX to launch six satellites all at once

MARSDAILY
Astronomers discover most Earth-like of all exoplanets

Mega-Earth in Draco Smashes Notions of Planetary Formation

Kepler space telescope ready to start new hunt for exoplanets

Astronomers Confounded By Massive Rocky World

MARSDAILY
Whale of a target: harpooning space debris

Raytheon touts blimp-borne radar system

NOAA GOES-R Satellite Black Wing Ready for Flight

Ghost writing the whip




The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2014 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement All images and articles appearing on Space Media Network have been edited or digitally altered in some way. Any requests to remove copyright material will be acted upon in a timely and appropriate manner. Any attempt to extort money from Space Media Network will be ignored and reported to Australian Law Enforcement Agencies as a potential case of financial fraud involving the use of a telephonic carriage device or postal service.