[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: January 28 - February 3, 2015

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:13:45 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <201502110613.t1B6DjwX005624_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/status.html#opportunity

OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Rover Continues Driving While Team Works on Rover
Memory Issues - sols 3915-3921, January 28, 2015-February 3, 2015:

Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards "Marathon
Valley," a putative location for abundant clay minerals now only about
656 feet (200 meters) away.

The project is operating the rover without using the Flash storage system
to avoid resets associated with a corrupted portion of Flash. The project
is preparing to mask off the troubled sector of Flash and resume using
the remainder of the Flash file system.

Opportunity drove on Sols 3916, 3918 and 3921 (Jan. 29, Jan. 31 and Feb.
3, 2015), totaling about 282 feet (86 meters). The operations strategy
has been to perform pre-drive targeted imaging, then drive on the first
sol of a multi-sol plan, collecting post-drive Panoramic Camera (Pancam)
and Navigation Camera (Navcam) imagery in the forward direction for data
return that evening. Then, on the next sol, complete the 360-degree Navcam
panorama with images in the rearward direction.

As of Sol 3921 (Feb. 3, 2015), the solar array energy production was 484
watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.949 and a solar array
dust factor of 0.632.

Total odometry is 26.08 miles (41.97 kilometers).
Received on Wed 11 Feb 2015 01:13:45 AM PST