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SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit Remains Silent at Troy
- sols 2621-2627, May 18-24, 2011:
More than 1,300 commands were radiated to Spirit as part of the recovery effort in an attempt to elicit a response from the rover. No communication has been received from Spirit since Sol 2210 (March 22, 2010). The project concluded the Spirit recovery efforts on May 25, 2011. The remaining, pre-sequenced ultra-high frequency (UHF) relay passes scheduled for Spirit on board the Odyssey orbiter will complete on June 8, 2011.
Total odometry is unchanged at 7,730.50 meters (4.80 miles).
Spirit Update Archive
OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Opportunity Celebrates 13 Years of Operations on Mars - sols 4617-4623, January 18, 2017-January 24, 2017:
Opportunity celebrated her 13th birthday on Sol 4623 (January 24, 2017 PST). She spent it as she has most recent sols -- heading south along the rim of Endeavour Crater.
The rover is currently trying to make rapid progress toward the next major scientific objective, the gully about a kilometer south of the current location. Toward that end Opportunity has been doing a lot of driving. Though the terrain is particularly rough and steep, she managed to travel about 256 feet (78 meters) in four drives during this latest period.
As of Sol 4623 (Jan. 24, 2017), the solar array energy production was 416 watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.684 and a solar array dust factor of 0.650.
Total odometry is 27.26 miles (43.87 kilometers).
Opportunity Update Archive
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