Subscribe free to our newsletters via your
. Medical and Hospital News .




MARSDAILY
Opportunity Rover Driving Up To Crater Rim
by Staff Writers
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 22, 2014


File image.

Opportunity is exploring 'Murray Ridge,' part of the west rim of Endeavour Crater.

The near-term plan is to drive up to the crater rim's ridgeline and image the interior of Endeavour. On Sol 3630 (April 10, 204), Opportunity moved 28 feet (8.6 meters) to a local highpoint to catch a dramatic sweeping view into the crater.

Over the next few sols, the rover collected a large Panoramic Camera (Pancam) panorama. Because the right-front wheel currents have persistently elevated, the project is also performing conditioning heating of the right-front drive actuator, while the rover is stationary to image the crater.

On Sol 3635 (April 15, 2014), the rover moved about 66 feet (20 meters) further south to complete the view into the crater and make progress towards the clay minerals still several hundred feet (meters) away.

As of Sol 3635 (April 15, 2014), the solar array energy production was 622 watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.413 and a solar array dust factor of 0.831.

Total odometry is 24.20 miles (38.94 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




Memory Foam Mattress Review
Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News





MARSDAILY
Getting in Place for a Better View of Endeavour Crater
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 15, 2014
Opportunity is exploring 'Murray Ridge,' part of the west rim of Endeavour Crater. On Sol 3623 (April 3, 2014), the rover moved about 52 feet (16 meters) in a clockwise arc around some obstacles in an approach to a large rock outcrop. Moving closer to the outcrop would be difficult, so it was decided to document the outcrop with imagery and then back away and resume the path south. O ... read more


MARSDAILY
Death toll in US landslide rises to 41

President says ferry crew's actions 'tantamount to murder'

Researchers use Twitter to predict crime

Guides, climbers cancel Everest expeditions after tragedy

MARSDAILY
Facebook rolls out 'nearby friends' feature

World's First Satellite Communicator with Built-In Navigation

Russia's Glonass system fails second time in April

Fifth Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Joins Global Positioning System

MARSDAILY
Researchers say Neanderthals were no strangers to good parenting

Neanderthals and Cro-magnons did not coincide on the Iberian Peninsula

Evolution explains facial hair trends

New method confirms humans and Neandertals interbred

MARSDAILY
Centipede and viper eat each other to death in Macedonia

Dormant plant seeds allow fore greater species diversity

S.Africa, Mozambique reach deal to fight rhino poaching

Climate change a likely culprit in coqui frog's altered calls

MARSDAILY
West Africa's Ebola outbreak prompts changes in I.Coast cuisine

Mali remains free of deadly Ebola epidemic: government

Japan orders chicken cull after bird flu outbreak in south

Sneezes and coughs project germs farther than previously thought

MARSDAILY
Thousands in China protest after officials beat vendor, passer-by: report

China court jails four anti-graft activists for protests

China is advancing Hu Yaobang reforms: state media

Thousands of workers strike at China shoe factory

MARSDAILY
Vietnam says 7 killed in shooting on China border

Kidnappers demand $11 mln for Chinese tourist

Malaysia kidnappers telephone Chinese victim's family

China presses Malaysia to rescue kidnapped tourist

MARSDAILY
China sacks state firm head amid corruption allegations

China cuts reserve requirements for rural banks

Bitcoin exchange MtGox in administration, bankruptcy eyed

Google takes hit on growth disappointment




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.