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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Hits Marathon Milestone On Fifth Anniversary of Mars Landing

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://in.mashable.com/science/111088/nasas-perseverance-rover-hits-marathon-milestone-on-fifth-anniversary-of-mars-landing

Martian Memories

Opportunity captures a mini-mesa named Jean Baptiste La Jeunesse. It was named after a member of the Corps of Discovery commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson in 1803 to explore lands of the Louisiana Purchase.

#Mars June 26, 2016 - Sol 4416
Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/ASU

#Mars #Opportunity #JeanBaptisteLaJeunesse #sol4416 #rover #space #memories #mesa #OpportunityRover #MartianMemories #science #photography #Astrodon #CorpsOfDiscovery #Louisiana #LouisianaPurchase #history

Martian Memories

Victoria Dunes

This view of dunes and ripples inside Victoria Crater was captured by the Opportunity rover, February 8, 2008 (Sol 1437); full credits in ALT.

#Mars #Opportunity #Victoria #Mars #sol1437 #rover #MERB #space #crater #VictoriaCrater #impactcrater #Martian #memories #OpportunityRover #MartianMemories #science #photography #Astrodon #history

Advances in NASA Imaging Changed How World Sees Mars https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/advances-in-nasa-imaging-changed-how-world-sees-mars/ #NASA #Mars #IngenuityHelicopter #Mariner4 #Mars2020 #MarsPathfinder #MarsReconnaissanceOrbiterMRO #OpportunityRover #PerseveranceRover #SojournerRover #Viking1 #Viking2

Anyone know where I can find the exact timestamp of Opportunity's final transmission on 10 June, 2018?

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mer-opportunity/

#space #marsrover #OpportunityRover

So finally on Opportunity's sol 3643 (24 April 2014) the veteran rover passed the Lunokhod 2 distance (taken as 39.1 km to exceed the range of uncertainty around the distance). A nearby crater was named Lunokhod 2. Here it is.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/lunokhod-2-crater-mars/

#moon #luna21 #lunokhod2 #opportunityrover

Martian Memories

Opportunity at Naturaliste

Naturaliste is a small crater about 15 meters in diameter on the plains of Meridiani, about 1 km south of Endurance crater. Captured by the Opportunity rover on Mars 2, 2005 (Sol 393); full credits in ALT.

#Opportunity #Naturaliste #Mars #sol393 #rover #MERB #space #crater #NaturalisteCrater #impactcrater #Martian #memories #OpportunityRover #MartianMemories #science #photography #Astrodon #history

Martian Memories

Opportunity meets Gumdrop

Named after the Apollo 9 command module's nickname, Gumdrop is a small crater (6 meters diameter) located on the edge of a larger, dark, filled-in crater. It was captured by the Opportunity Rover on May 30, 2011 (Sol 2612); full credits in ALT.

#Opportunity #Gumdrop #Mars #Sol2612 #rover #MERB #space #crater #GumdropCrater #impactcrater #Martian #memories #OpportunityRover #MartianMemories #science #photography #Astrodon #history #Apollo #Apollo9

OTD 2006 : Opportunity at Victoria Crater

#Mars Sep. 27, 2006 (Sol 951)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#Opportunity #Mars #Sol951 #rover #OpportunityRover #MERB #space #Victoria #crater #VictoriaCrater #MeridianiPlanum #impactcrater #Martian #landscape #memories #memory #MartianMemories #science #geology #STEM #photography #blackandwhite #Astrodon #research #knowledge #OTD #engineering #history #Solarocks

Perseverance, Opportunity, same vibe!

#Mars #Opportunity #Perserance #rover #OpportunityRover #Sol4332 #PerseveranceRover #Sol1250 #MarathonValley #EndeavourCrater #NeretvaVallis #JezeroCrater #Martian #crater #craters #landscape #science #STEM #engineering #Astrodon #NASA #JPL #Caltech #MERB #Mars2020 #photography #DustDevil

Martian Memories

Opportunity at Victoria Crater, September 27, 2006 (Sol 951). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#Opportunity #Mars #Sol951 #rover #OpportunityRover #MERB #space #Victoria #crater #VictoriaCrater #MeridianiPlanum #impactcrater #Martian #landscape #memories #memory #MartianMemories #science #geology #STEM #photography #blackandwhite #Astrodon #research #knowledge #engineering #history

Space Oddity

a most peculiar rock photographed in 3D by the Mars rover Opportunity, near Beagle Crater, July 17, 2006 (Sol 881). To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel/left image for left eye/right image for right eye. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Cornell

#Opportunity #Mars #Sol881 #rover #OpportunityRover #MERB #space #oddity #SpaceOddity #Beagle #crater #BeagleCrater #Martian #rock #MarsRock #science #geology #STEM #3D #Stereo3D #steoroscopic #photography #blackandwhite #Astrodon

These images were acquired as part of Opportunity’s exploration and characterization of outcrops on Murray Ridge, Endeavour Crater.

Check out this paper on high concentrations of manganese and sulfur in deposits at this location, by R.E. Arvidson and co-authors:
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.2138/am-2016-5599/html

#Mars #Opportunity #Sol3496 #manganese #sulfur #MoretonIsland #MurrayRidge #EndeavorCrater #crater #outcrop #geochemistry #mineralogy #oxides #sulfates
#rover #OpportunityRover #space #science #STEM #astrodon

How amazing is that? A Martian Dust Devil captured in Stereo3D by the Opportunity Rover, March 31, 2016 (Sol 4332)

To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel/left image for left eye/right image for right eye

Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#Opportunity #Mars #DustDevil #Sol4332 #rover #OpportunityRover #MERB #space #KnudsenRidge #MarathonValley #MeridianiPlanum #Martian #dust #devil #science #STEM #3D #Stereo3D #steoroscopic #photography #blackandwhite #Astrodon

Celebrating NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity Rovers’ Mars Landings https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/celebrating-nasas-spirit-and-opportunity-rovers-mars-landings/ #NASA #MarsExplorationRoversMER #OpportunityRover #SpiritRover

20 Years After Landing: How NASA’s Twin Rovers Changed Mars Science https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mer/20-years-after-landing-how-nasas-twin-rovers-changed-mars-science/ #NASA #MarsExplorationRoversMER #JetPropulsionLaboratory #Mars #MarsExplorationProgram #OpportunityRover #SpiritRover

I've put my #LEGO #Oppy model up on Bricklink (my #Perseverance & #InSight models are also there).
I have instructions for building it, and I can provide those to my space friends (and especially those who worked on the mission). If you don't already have the parts, looks like they'd cost about $45US from Bricklink.
#OpportunityRover

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/design.page?idModel=386462

@NASA @elakdawalla @PlanetaryKeri @doug_ellison @mapperwocky

Here's my physical model of #LEGO #OpportunityRover
There are a few necessary differences from the digital version.
First, they don't make the metallic black pieces in the digital model, so I substituted dark gray (looks better than standard black).
Also, I only have 2 of the correct wheels atm.
I'm using two different rocker-bogie configurations (pics 3&4). I prefer the one in pic 4, but I only have one of the dark gray pieces. Once I get another, I'll fix it. Watching #GoodNightOppy now.

Sometimes the easiest solution is the best one.
By essentially flipping the build for #LEGO #OpportunityRover upside-down, I've made it look a lot better!
The solar panel surfaces are now flat, but they still have some perceived texture (as the real ones do).

I completed my new #LEGO Opportunity rover. Here's the digital model added to an image Oppy took of her tracks on Mars.
#NASA #OpportunityRover #GoodNightOppy

Calling all space nerds: New documentary Good Night Oppy will give you all the feels - Enlarge / "Opportunity was our brave, intrepid explorer so we could see... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1899171 #opportunityrover #gaming&culture #spiritrover #marsrovers #science #space #mars #nasa

Wonderful tribute to the Opportunity Rover by Melody Sheep.

"Using raw rover imagery and the sound of actual wind on Mars, I painted this little portrait of Opportunity, our faithful little martian rover friend that was lost earlier this year."

#Mars #Rovers #OpportunityRover #Exploration #Planets #Space

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJH9GobEFUk

The final Planetary Society report on the Mars Exploration Rovers. Farewell, Opportunity. You had a wonderful run on Mars.

#Mars #Planets #Exploration #Rovers #OpportunityRover

http://planetary.org/explore/space-topics/space-missions/mer-updates/2019/03-mer-update-the-final-report.html

RT @[email protected]

Science fiction: humans will never be able to fully trust robots and will eventually go to war with them

Real life: an entire country mourns the loss of the #OpportunityRover

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SaltyServiceDog/status/1095845510022348800

found on Reddit #OpportunityRover