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2005 10 13, October 13th, 2005 |
Oct 15 2005, 10:44 AM
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Good morning, I’m Byron Jones and this is the Flight Director Report for Thursday, October 13th.
On Spirit, today is sol 632. She spent the last week or so at the science target Hillary, which has been interesting from a science perspective as well as an engineering perspective. We’re currently sitting on a slope that is a little bit above 25 degrees. And when we first approached that outcrop, it was a little difficult, we were unstable at first sitting perched up on a rock and we were unable to deploy the instrument arm. But after wiggling our wheels a little bit, we settled down to a stable position where we were able to deploy the arm. And since then, we’ve been spending time doing Alpha Partcile X-ray Spectrometer observations, Moessbauer integration, as well as other remote sensing, taking dust devil movies and doing overnight observations as well. On the other side of Mars, it’s sol 612 for Opportunity, and she spent the last week or so in restricted sols, meaning we’re planning with day-old data so she can only drive every other day. She has slowly been making her way south along the western side of Erebus Crater, towards the new science target called Payson. Well that’s it for today, thanks for tuning in. I’m Byron Jones and that’s what’s happening on Mars today. |
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Oct 15 2005, 08:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
QUOTE (OWW @ Oct 15 2005, 05:44 AM) On the other side of Mars, it’s sol 612 for Opportunity, and she spent the last week or so in restricted sols, meaning we’re planning with day-old data so she can only drive every other day. She has slowly been making her way south along the western side of Erebus Crater, towards the new science target called Payson. New place: Payson. Where is it located? Rodolfo |
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Oct 15 2005, 09:23 PM
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Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
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