Spirit's New Adventures, The Mission Beyond 1000 Sols |
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Spirit's New Adventures, The Mission Beyond 1000 Sols |
 Dec 28 2006, 12:40 PM
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We should have images at 13 wavelengths. Do they match?
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Dec 28 2006, 02:37 PM
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QUOTE (Floyd @ Dec 28 2006, 07:40 AM)  We should have images at 13 wavelengths. Do they match? Er, the sol 1060 sequence is a super resolution sequence of this rock:  An earlier super resolution of the same rock was taken on sol 1002:  And the McMurdo pan image of sol 904:  There appears to be some interest in this rock. Why not just crawl over to it? |
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Dec 29 2006, 06:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4164 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
It looks Spirit left Low Winter Haven for good on sol 1062!
 http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/fo...B7P1212R0M1.JPG Now it's time to continue exploring Home Plate. 
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Jan 1 2007, 04:01 AM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Dec 29 2006, 06:37 PM) Now it's time to continue exploring Home Plate. Not so fast, I'm afraid... Planetary.org rover update QUOTE On Sol 1061 (December 28, 2006), however, the dust in the atmosphere at the Columbia Hills site increased, Spirit's power levels dropped to 267 watt hours, the lowest ever on the mission. "If the dust were to be elevated for an extended period of time, it could be life-threatening to the rover," said John Callas, MER project manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), mission control for the rovers. "The opacity of the atmosphere was up around .9 and the power was way down," Arvidson confirmed Friday, December 29. That essentially meant the rover was in the dark. With Spirit going into a 3-sol plan for New Year's and because the MER team had no way of knowing what was going to happen with the atmospheric opacity over the weekend, it decided to close out the experiment on Esperanza early and abort the weekend plan. "Instead, we did a drive that put us on a 7.4 degree tilt surface to the north," Arvidson said, and the rover's power rose back up to 285 watt hours, the level it was at for much of the winter at Low Ridge. "We feel a lot more comfortable now about the vehicle's survivability," Arvidson said. Spirit, which has driven about 6.9 kilometers (4.3 miles) and returned more than 88,500 images to date, is currently taking it easy, closing out 2006 by conducting atmospheric measurements and conserving energy. Let's hope things get better in the new year... |
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Jan 1 2007, 01:43 PM
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(Terran!) New Year's Day view...
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Jan 3 2007, 06:32 PM
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Here is the L0 Navcam view taken on Sol 1062.
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Jan 3 2007, 09:30 PM
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY SPIRIT! 3 Earth Years on  Keep rolling Astro0 |
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Jan 3 2007, 09:51 PM
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Mars Rover photo contest
http://marsdata1.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/photoContest/index.cfm also on MER site: QUOTE Due to the unexpected longevity of the rovers, the web clock is temporarily unavailable while it updates to the 2007 calendar.
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Jan 4 2007, 12:02 AM
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Sometimes, misunderstanding prove to be good.
I guess somebody asked for a 3 months mission and the ones that built up the rovers understood 3 YEARS! Happy Anniversary my dear Spirit... -------------------- |
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Jan 6 2007, 03:05 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5546 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Would you like salt with that..?
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 Jan 6 2007, 05:16 PM
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Stu, that photo shows great detail,
 do You have the NASA photo-number for it ( PIA-something ) ?
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Jan 6 2007, 05:29 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5546 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Jan 6 2007, 05:16 PM) Stu, that photo shows great detail, do You have the NASA photo-number for it ( PIA-something ) ?Hey, I made it out of three of the latest Exploratorium Pancam releases, today. L4,5&6. Here are the linumbers of the three frames... 2P221262924EFFASB7P2..> 05-Jan-2007 11:35 269k 2P221262957EFFASB7P2..> 05-Jan-2007 11:35 246k 2P221262987EFFASB7P2..> 05-Jan-2007 11:35 230k -------------------- |
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Jan 6 2007, 08:01 PM
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Questions: Is the smear of the dragging wheel recently made or from last year before the winter.
If the latter, do we have a similar foto taken when it was fresh for comparison? Do the fotos show changes indicative of aging of the surface? Answer: I questioned (post #165) whether the King George Island collection of cemented spherules was commonly characteristic of the exposed friable-looking layers. The recent MIs of a Ratted layer (don't know the name) NEW MI show no spherules at all. Guess that answers that question. King George is different; wish I knew what it was. 
-------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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Jan 7 2007, 10:08 AM
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Here is a mosaic of 2 images made by the Left and Right Navcam
on Sol 1069. jvandriel
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Jan 7 2007, 07:14 PM
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