Today NASA held a teleconference on the current status of Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity and its new mission. Opportunity has traveled much further, and lasted much longer than anyone could have hoped (see below for its path). Its original mission was to last about three months, but it has lasted more than 30 times longer.
The Mars rover recently reached Endeavour Crater, which Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE and CRISM cameras determined has clay minerals along the rim that are of different from any previously examined by Mars rovers.
In recent days Opportunity has been examining Tisdale-2, a rock unlike any ever encountered by a Mars rover.
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| Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's path is marked in yellow. The path is marked with numbers which represent the sol when Opportunity was at the labeled location. Source: NASA |
In recent days Opportunity has been examining Tisdale-2, a rock unlike any ever encountered by a Mars rover.
