New rover snapshots capture Endeavour Crater vistas
Opportunity is examining ejected material from a small crater named Odyssey.
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August 23, 2011 NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity looked across a small crater on the rim of a much larger crater to capture this raw image from its panoramic camera during the rover's 2,685th martian day, or sol, of work on Mars (August 13, 2011). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/ASU
Opportunity is now examining the ejected material from the small crater named Odyssey. The rover is approaching a large block of ejecta for investigation with tools on the rover's robotic arm.
Opportunity and Spirit completed their 3-month primary missions on Mars in April 2004. Both rovers continued for years of bonus, extended missions. Both have made important discoveries about wet environments on ancient Mars that may have been favorable for supporting microbial life. Spirit ended communications in March 2010.
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity looked across a small crater on the rim of a much larger crater to capture this raw image from its panoramic camera during the rover's 2,685th martian day, or sol, of work on Mars (August 13, 2011).
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