[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity Update: March 28 - April 1, 2014

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 16:08:28 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201404082308.s38N8SmC001170_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

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

OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Further Southwest on 'Murray Ridge' -
sols 3617-3621, March 28, 2014-April 01, 2014:

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

On Sol 3617 (March 28, 2014), the rover continued further to the
southwest on Murray Ridge with a 68-foot (20.8-meter) drive. After two
sols of remote sensing over the weekend, Opportunity drove again on Sol
3621 (April 1, 2014), with a 144-foot (44-meter) drive that included
some mid-drive imaging of an exposed rock outcrop.

As of Sol 3621 (April 1, 2014), the solar array energy production was
661 watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.433 and a solar
array dust factor of 0.868.

Total odometry is 24.15 miles (38.87 kilometers).
Received on Tue 08 Apr 2014 07:08:28 PM PDT


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