[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: May 23-27, 2014

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 11:58:06 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201406061858.s56Iw6T2002357_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

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

OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Rover Corrects its Spacecraft Clock -
sols 3672-3676, May 23, 2014-May 27, 2014:

Opportunity is exploring south on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.

The rover is conducting an in-situ (contact) science campaign in the
northern part of the region of aluminum/hydroxyl clay minerals seen from
orbit.

Opportunity has been correcting her spacecraft clock by a few seconds
each day (sol) to gradually offset the accumulated drift since the
beginning of the mission.

On Sol 3673 (May 24, 2014), the rover continued a multi-sol Alpha
Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) integration of the surface target,
called 'Sarcobatus Flat.' On Sol 3674 (May 25, 2014), Opportunity
repositioned the robotic arm to collect a Microscopic Imager (MI) mosaic
of a clast, followed by the placement of the APXS on the clast.

A flash 'amnesia' event occurred on the night of Sol 3674 (May 25,
2014). All APXS data were recovered. On Sol 3676 (May 27, 2014), the
rover once again repositioned the robotic arm to get the entire field of
view (FOV) of the APXS on the clast target.

As of Sol 3676, the solar array energy production was 764 watt-hours
with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.613 and a solar array dust factor
of 0.942.

Total odometry is 24.49 miles (39.41 kilometers).
Received on Fri 06 Jun 2014 02:58:06 PM PDT