Opportunity pops a ?wheelie? on Mars on May 15, 2013 (Sol 3308) and then made history by driving further to the mountain ahead on the next day, May 16 (Sol 3309), to establish a new American distance driving record for a vehicle on another world. This navcam mosaic shows the view forward to Opportunity?s future destinations of Solander Point and Cape Tribulation along the lengthy rim of huge Endeavour crater spanning 14 miles (22 km) in diameter. See below our complete map of the 9 Year Journey of Opportunity on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/Ken Kremer (kenkremer.com)/Marco Di Lorenzo Now more than 9 years and counting into her planned mere 90 day mission to Mars, NASA?s legendary Opportunity rover has smashed past another space milestone and established a new distance driving record for an American vehicle on another world this week. On Thursday, May 16, the long-lived Opportunity drove another 263 feet (80 meters) on Mars – bringing her total odometry since landing on 24 January 2004 to 22.220 miles (35.760 kilometers) – and broke through the 40 year old driving record set back in December 1972 by Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt. See below our complete map of the 9 Year Journey of Opportunity on Mars.(...)Read the rest of Opportunity Mars Rover Blazes Past 40 Year Old Space Driving Record (938 words) © Ken Kremer for Universe Today, 2013. | Permalink | One comment | Post tags: Apollo 17, apollo 17 lunar landing mission, Lunokhod 2, Mars, Mars Rovers, MER, NASA, Opportunity Rover, Search for Life, soviet space program, Soviet Union, Spirit Rover Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh
Opportunity pops a ?wheelie? on Mars on May 15, 2013 (Sol 3308) and then made history by driving further to the mountain ahead on the next day, May 16 (Sol 3309), to establish a new American distance driving record for a vehicle on another world. This navcam mosaic shows the view forward to Opportunity?s future destinations of Solander Point and Cape Tribulation along the lengthy rim of huge Endeavour crater spanning 14 miles (22 km) in diameter. See below our complete map of the 9 Year Journey of Opportunity on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/Ken Kremer (kenkremer.com)/Marco Di Lorenzo
Now more than 9 years and counting into her planned mere 90 day mission to Mars, NASA?s legendary Opportunity rover has smashed past another space milestone and established a new distance driving record for an American vehicle on another world this week.
On Thursday, May 16, the long-lived Opportunity drove another 263 feet (80 meters) on Mars – bringing her total odometry since landing on 24 January 2004 to 22.220 miles (35.760 kilometers) – and broke through the 40 year old driving record set back in December 1972 by Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt.
See below our complete map of the 9 Year Journey of Opportunity on Mars.(...)Read the rest of Opportunity Mars Rover Blazes Past 40 Year Old Space Driving Record (938 words)
© Ken Kremer for Universe Today, 2013. | Permalink | One comment | Post tags: Apollo 17, apollo 17 lunar landing mission, Lunokhod 2, Mars, Mars Rovers, MER, NASA, Opportunity Rover, Search for Life, soviet space program, Soviet Union, Spirit Rover
Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh
This component is not available in English.
Check out this video of real-time satellites in Google Earth! Some feed readers may need to click through to view the video. Sure are a lot of them up there!
Información proporcionada por la sonda espacial STEREO, de la NASA, confirmó la asombrosa existencia de las olas gigantescas en el Sol, las cuales son conocidas como "tsunamis solares". Por favor, vote por Ciencia en PodcastAlley! Obtenga una copia de esta historia en formato de audio (podcast).
Información proporcionada por la sonda espacial STEREO, de la NASA, confirmó la asombrosa existencia de las olas gigantescas en el Sol, las cuales son conocidas como "tsunamis solares".
Por favor, vote por Ciencia en PodcastAlley!
Obtenga una copia de esta historia en formato de audio (podcast).
