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

[Ron Baalke]

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).