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List Of Surface Features Of Mars Seen By The Spirit Rover
The Mars Exploration Rover mission successfully landed and operated the rovers ''Spirit'' and ''Opportunity'' on the planet Mars from 2004 to 2018. During ''Spirit''s six years of operation and ''Opportunity''s fourteen years of operation, the rovers drove a total of on the Martian surface, visiting various surface features in their landing sites of Gusev crater and Meridiani Planum, respectively. ''Spirit'' Hills * Apollo 1 Hills ** Grissom Hill * Columbia Hills ** Husband Hill ** McCool Hill Craters * Bonneville crater * Gusev crater * Thira crater Rocks * Adirondack * Home Plate * Humphrey * Pot of Gold Miscellaneous * Larry's Lookout * Sleepy Hollow ''Opportunity'' Craters * Argo crater * Beagle crater * Bopolu crater * Concepción crater * Eagle crater * Emma Dean crater * Endeavour (crater) ** Cape Tribulation *** Marathon Valley ** Cape York *** Greeley Haven ** Solander Point * Endurance crater * Erebus crater * Fram crater * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Hills (Mars)
The Columbia Hills are a range of low hills inside Gusev crater on Mars. They were observed by the Mars Exploration Rover ''Spirit'' when it landed within the crater in 2004. They were promptly given an unofficial name by NASA since they were the most striking nearby feature on the surface. The hills lie approximately away from the rover's original landing position. The range is named to memorialize the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster. On February 2, 2004, the individual peaks of the Columbia Hills were named after the seven astronauts who died in the disaster. ''Spirit'' spent a few years exploring the Columbia Hills until it ceased to function in 2010. It was also considered a potential landing site for the Mars 2020 ''Perseverance'' rover, before the selection of Jezero crater in November 2018. Peaks The seven peaks are, from north to south: * Anderson Hill - named after Michael P. Anderson * Brown Hill - named after David M. Brown * Chawla Hill - named after Kalpana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pot Of Gold (Mars)
Pot of Gold is the nickname for a knobby, softball-sized rock in Gusev Crater on Mars. During an examination by the Mars Exploration Rover ''Spirit'' on June 25, 2004, hematite was first detected by ''Spirit'', suggesting a watery past on Mars. See also * List of rocks on Mars This is an alphabetical list of named rocks (and meteorites) found on Mars, by mission. This list is a sampling of rocks viewed, and is not an exhaustive listing. A more complete listing may be found on the various NASA mission web sites. This lis ... References External linksNasa's Mars Exploration Program Rocks on Mars {{crater-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endurance (crater)
Endurance is an impact crater lying situated within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the planet Mars. This crater was visited by the ''Opportunity'' rover from May until December 2004. Mission scientists named the crater after the ship ''Endurance'' that sailed to the Antarctic through the Weddell Sea during the ill-fated 1914-1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, considered to be the last expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration organized by Ernest Shackleton. The rover entered the crater interior on its 134th mission sol (June 15), and exited on the 315th sol (December 14). During this time it traversed various obstacles, steep inclines, and overcame large wheel slippage when driving over fine sand. __TOC__ Exploration by ''Opportunity'' After arriving at the crater, ''Opportunity'' performed a survey of the crater to plan the further steps in exploring the local geology. A site dubbed "Karatepe" was chosen to enter the crater and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solander Point
Solander Point is at the north end of the west-southwestern ridgeline of Endeavour crater on the planet Mars. It is named after the Swedish scientist Daniel Solander, who was the first university-educated scientist to set foot on Australian soil at Botany Bay in 1770. Solander Point was visited in 2013 by the Mars Exploration Rover-B ''Opportunity'', a robotic rover that was active on Mars from 2004-2018. By early July 2013 ''Opportunity'' was approaching it from the North, after previously examining outcrops on the northwest edge of the crater, north of Solander. The rover drove south from ''Cape York'' through ''Botany Bay'' to travel to Solander. By July 2, 2013, it was about half-way there. The area was imaged from Martian orbit by HiRISE on July 8, 2013, data which aids the rover team in understanding the terrain and planning rover traverses. The rover has been making good time on its approach to Solander, giving the opportunity to investigate a curious area of terrain in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape York (Mars)
Cape York is a location on Mars, on the western rim of Endeavour crater. The ''Opportunity'' rover spent about two years exploring this portion of the rim in the early 2010s before moving south. The CRISM instrument on the ''Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter'' identified clay smectites in an area of Cape York, and the rover was sent to explore this location. MER-B ''Opportunity'' spend its fifth Martian Winter at Greeley Haven at Cape York, and also took a panorama at that location. MER-B spent 19 weeks stationed at Greeley Haven surviving the winter and went on the move again in May 2012, to further explore Cape York. MER-B arrived at Cape York in 2011 at Odyssey crater, which is on the southern end of the feature. ''Opportunity'' arrived at Endeavour crater on sol (August 9, 2011), at a landmark called ''Spirit Point'' named after its rover twin, after traversing from Victoria crater, over a three-year period. Spirit point was the name selected for where MER-B arrived at Endeavour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Tribulation (Mars)
Looking north at the southern end of Cape Tribulation (MER-B, 2017) Cape Tribulation is a section of the Western rim of Endeavour crater on the planet Mars. The MER-B ''Opportunity'' rover spent 30 months exploring Cape Tribulation from 2014 to 2017. The top of Cape Tribulation is about 134 meters (440 feet) higher than the plains that surround the crater. The MER-B ''Opportunity'' rover summited Cape Tribulation in January 2015, which was the highest Martian elevation achieved yet on its mission. Then in March 2016 it accomplished the distance of a classic marathon. Also in March 2016 it achieved the steepest slope traverse (32 degree) yet of its mission, surpassing the slope it took on at Burns Cliff in 2004. MER-B was trying to reach a target on Knudsen Ridge, on the south side of Marathon Valley, which meant attempting a steep grade which can cause wheel slippage. Another effect of this angle was that sand and dust that had collected on the rover flowed in streaks over the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endeavour (crater)
Endeavour is an impact crater located in the Meridiani Planum extraterrestrial plain within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the planet Mars. Endeavour is about in diameter. Using ''Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter'' data, phyllosilicate-bearing outcrops have been detected along its rim. These minerals may have formed under wet conditions in a low-acidic environment during the early history of Mars. There are raised rim segments to the north, east, and southwest. The rim has become worn, rounded and degraded, with infilling of plains material in a manner similar to the Victoria crater. When compared to the surrounding plains, the crater floor shows an enhanced spectral signature of basalt and hematite. The interior contains two groups of dune fields. Images taken since 2008 show evidence of changes in some of the associated formations, which may be evidence of active erosion by the martian wind over a period of two to three years. The plains surrounding the rim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Dean (crater)
Emma Dean is a small impact crater in the Meridiani Planum extraterrestrial plain situated within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the planet Mars. This geological feature was visited by the ''Opportunity'' rover from sols 929 to 943. The much larger crater Victoria lies about 100m to the east. Emma Dean lies directly on top of the ejecta blanket from Victoria and could therefore expose material originating from deep inside Victoria. The crater is named after Emma Dean, John Wesley Powell's wife and one of the boats in Grand Canyon Powell expedition. See also * Geography of Mars Areography, also known as the geography of Mars, is a subfield of planetary science that entails the delineation and characterization of regions on Mars. Areography is mainly focused on what is called physical geography on Earth; that is the di ... * List of craters on Mars References Impact craters on Mars Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle {{crater-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eagle (Meridiani Planum Crater)
Eagle is a 22-metre long impact crater located on the Meridiani Planum extraterrestrial plain, situated within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) portion of the planet Mars. The ''Opportunity'' rover came to rest inside Eagle crater when it landed in 2004. Scientists were delighted that the rover landed there, as the crater contains rocky outcroppings that helped prove that Meridiani was once an ocean floor. This crater should not be confused with the other, much larger Martian crater ''Eagle'', which was officially named by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature in 1976. Name The name is a triple reference: in honor of the first crewed spacecraft to land on the Moon in 1969; in honor of the launching country, the United States, whose symbol is an eagle; and in reference to the golf term ''eagle'', referring to sinking a ball two strokes under par. The third reference extended the golf metaphor begun with a description of landing in the crater as " a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeline Of Opportunity (rover)
''Opportunity (rover), Opportunity'' is a robotic rover (space exploration), rover that was active on the planet Mars from 2004 to 2018. Launched on July 7, 2003, ''Opportunity'' landed on Mars' Meridiani Planum on January 25, 2004, at 05:05 Ground UTC (about 13:15 Timekeeping on Mars, Mars local time), three weeks after its twin ''Spirit rover, Spirit'' (MER-A), also part of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission, touched down on the other side of the planet."Spirit" landed on January 4, 2004. While ''Spirit'' became immobile in 2009 and ceased communications in 2010, ''Opportunity'' exceeded its planned 90 Sol (day on Mars), sol (Martian days) duration of activity by 14 years 46 days (in Earth time). ''Opportunity'' continued to move, gather scientific observations, and report back to Earth until 2018. What follows is a summary of events during its continuing mission. ''Opportunity'' started in Eagle crater in 2004, literally landing inside on the crater basin, then it travel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bopolu (crater)
Bopolu is an impact crater located within the Meridiani Planum extraterrestrial plain of Mars. Bopulu was seen by ''Opportunity'' rover in 2010 in the distance, and with some of its rim visible. Bopoplu was officially named in 2006 along with 31 Mars craters. Research has indicated that the impact that is thought to have created Bopulu went so deep that it went through existing layers and ejected older material from Mars' Noachian period. Bopulu is a diameter wide crater south of the ''Opportunity'' MER-B landing site, a rover which operated in the region starting in 2004 and therefore resulted in greater exploration and study of craters in this region. Bopulu was identified as a possible source for the Bounce Rock ejecta fragment Bounce rock, which was examined by the MER-B rover, was found to be similar in composition to the shergottite class of Mars meteorite found on Earth (Meteorites found on Earth determined to be from Mars). Bopulu is said be younger than the Burns Forma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beagle (crater)
Beagle is a crater lying within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) portion of the planet Mars, the crater is one of multiple topographical depressions within the Meridiani Planum extraterrestrial plain, which was explored by the ''Opportunity'' rover. It was located by the rover in images taken on sol 855 (June 20, 2006), 310 metres (1,107 ft) away. It is on the edge of the much larger ejecta blanket surrounding the crater Victoria, named the Victoria Annulus. This impact crater was named in honor of HMA ''Beagle'' of the Royal Navy, ordered in February 1817, which carried Charles Darwin on his voyage round the world. Missions ''Opportunity'' spent seven sols (Martian days) looking at the Beagle crater and the surrounding areas. Sol 872 (July 7, 2006): ''Opportunity'' used its panoramic camera for some targeted investigations this sol, then had a communication session with the ''2001 Mars Odyssey'' orbiter. The rover also completed a miniature Thermal Emission Spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
