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Update: Spirit and Opportunity
SPIRIT UPDATE: Rats in "New York" - sol 81, Mar 26, 2004
Spirit began sol 81, which ended at 11:02 a.m. PST on March 26, 2004, by
stopping the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer integration and then
imaging the instrument's placement with the hazard avoidance camera. The
rest of this sol was all about grinding into the target "New York" on
the rock named "Mazatzal."
The rock abrasion tool operated on the New York target for three hours
and forty-five minutes and created an impression in the rock that was
3.79 millimeters (.15 inches) deep. The angular shape of Mazatzal and
the fact that the rock is a little harder than previously abraded rocks
allowed the more flat side of the circular target to receive a more
intense grind. On sol 83, the science and engineering teams plan to
again place Spirit's rock abrasion tool onto the rock, overlapping the
already abraded area and reaching the area just to the left.
Spirit will spend most of sol 82, which will end at 11:42 a.m. PST on
March 27, 2004, analyzing the rock abrasion tool impression with the
microscopic imager, Moessbauer spectrometer and alpha particle X-ray
spectrometer. The rover will also place the microscopic imager over a
clean surface to the upper left of the ratted area and take some images.
The wake-up song today was "Boy from New York City" by The Manhattan
Transfer, in honor of the grind on the New York target.
Spirit's odometer now reads: 492 meters - more than a quarter of a mile!
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OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Opportunity and 'The Lion King' - sol 60, Mar 26, 2004
On sol 60, which ended at 10:44 p.m. PST on March 25, NASA's Mars
Exploration Rover Opportunity had a quiet day continuing its research
around the exterior of Eagle Crater.
Opportunity changed tools from the Moessbauer spectrometer to the alpha
particle X-ray spectrometer around 11:30 Local Solar Time. In addition
to the tool change, Opportunity's panoramic camera took a comprehensive
color high-resolution panorama. The rover team dubbed it the "Lion King
Panorama" because it is a look around Opportunity's domain from a high
vantage point -- much like the view from "Pride Rock" in "The Lion King"
movie. The large panorama essentially filled the remaining flash memory
volume onboard the spacecraft, requiring a plan for sol 61 that
minimizes data collection. The miniature thermal emission spectrometer
also collected remote sensing data.
The wake up song for sol 60 was "The Circle of Life" by Elton John in
honor of the Lion King panorama.
The plan for sol 61, which will end at 11:23 p.m. on March 26 PST, is to
drive north to an area with dark material.
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