[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: June 29 - July 5, 2011

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:55:31 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201107141555.p6EFtVT5003829_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html#opportunity

OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Opportunity Nears Crater Rim - sols 2641-2647,
June 29-July 5, 2011:

Opportunity is now within 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) of the first landfall
on the rim of Endeavour crater, at a place called "Spirit Point."

With multi-sol planning for the 4th of July holiday weekend, the rover
drove only once in the past week with a drive to the southeast on Sol
2645 (July 3, 2011), of over 162 meters (531 feet). On Sol 2642 (June
30, 2011), the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) performed
another atmospheric argon measurement. On the next sol, a forward link
ultra-high frequency (UHF) test was conducted with the Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter.

As of Sol 2647 (July 5, 2011), solar array energy production was 421
watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 1.03 and a solar array
dust factor of 0.596.

Total odometry is 31,630.68 meters (31.63 kilometers, or 19.66 miles).
Received on Thu 14 Jul 2011 11:55:31 AM PDT