Monthly Archives: June 2012

Almost where? Where has Oppy headed off to since you last visited? What’s going on?! Don’t panic, you’ve not missed anything. “Almost there” refers to a date,a mission milestone, not a place. Oppy is now *this* close to marking her … Continue reading →

Apologies for the lack of updates to RtE recently, but a combination of more problems with the sites that share the images from Opportunity, a busy time at work, and a general lack of news has conspired to mean that … Continue reading →

Not an awful lot new to report, just a few more pictures to show you. It seems that Oppy has been taking a 360 degree panorama of the view from her current parking spot on the northern tip of Cape … Continue reading →

Ok, first, obviously Oppy hasn’t reached a real shoreline; I’m just using that term to refer to the bright northerm edge of Cape York, i.e. the ‘lip’ of the rocky island (again, not a real island… oh heck, digging myself … Continue reading →

Things are still rather quiet for rover-watchers, as the flood of data that was being returned from Mars remains a trickle, thanks to problems with the Mars Odyssey probe, which orbits Mars and acts as a relay for Opportunity. When … Continue reading →

If you’ve been worried by the lack of updates recently, let me set your mind at rest. There’s nothing wrong with Oppy, she’s fine, there’s not a problem. But there has been a problem with the orbiting MARS ODYSSEY probe, … Continue reading →

2,760 days after her landing on Mars, as she drove up the westernm side of Cape York, Opportunity spotted something very interesting on the surface of the Red Planet – a vein of light-coloured mineral, protruding from the ground. This … Continue reading →

Oppy is now parked up at, and studying, a Homestake-like vein of light-coloured mineral which has been christened “Monte Cristo”. In a previous post I showed you part of the vein in colour. This time I’ve managed to stitch together … Continue reading →

A quiet couple of sols for Oppy as she takes a look at the terrain at the northern end of Cape York, hunting for Homestake-like veins of pale-coloured gypsum large enough to use her suite of scientific tools on. Homestake … Continue reading →

Since you last visited, Opportunity has continued to drive downhill – well, what passes for ‘downhill’ on Cape York! – and is now not far at all from the northern edge of the Cape. From where she is now she … Continue reading →