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> SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit Studies Surface and Atmosphere on Way to 'McCool'
> - sol 771-777, Mar 11, 2006:
>
> Since backing down from the top of "Home Plate" on Martian day, or sol,
> 764 (Feb. 25, 2006), Spirit has driven southeast 103 meters (338 feet)
> toward "McCool Hill." Along the way, the rover used its robotic arm to
> analyze a rock target dubbed "Fuzzy Smith" and conducted remote
> scientific studies of outcrops along the side of Home Plate and on
> "Mitcheltree Ridge." Scientists plan to acquire long-baseline stereo
> images of McCool Hill before driving too close to the hillside. The
> images will provide measurements of surface features necessary for
> planning the rover's path.
>
> During the week, NASA's Odyssey spacecraft has been relaying commands
> from Earth to Spirit via the UHF link. Communications over X-band
> frequencies have been allocated for use by the Deep Space Network to
> track the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter during its approach to the red
> planet. Next week, Spirit is expected to resume operations via X-band
> uplinks.
>
> Sol-by-sol summaries:
>
> Sol 771 (March 4, 2006): Spirit completed an analysis of targets dubbed
> "Rube Foster" and "Willie Wells" using the Moessbauer spectrometer and
> 13
> filters on the panoramic camera. During the afternoon Odyssey pass,
> Spirit collected data with the miniature thermal emission spectrometer.
> Spirit then began a study of a rock target called Fuzzy Smith with the
> Moessbauer spectrometer.
>
> Sol 772: Spirit stowed the robotic arm and took panoramic camera images
> of Fuzzy Smith, then drove 27 meters (89 feet) southeast across Home
> Plate. After the drive, Spirit conducted opacity observations of
> afternoon dust and measurements of the sky and ground using the
> miniature thermal emission spectrometer.
>
> Sol 773: After waking, Spirit continued atmospheric studies by taking
> thumbnail images of the sky with the panoramic camera and images of
> both
> the sky and ground with the miniature thermal emission spectrometer. In
> the afternoon, Spirit acquired images with both the panoramic and
> navigation cameras to provide essential data for selecting targets and
> planning routes. The rover also completed a systematic ground survey
> and
> survey of rock clasts using the panoramic camera.
>
> Sol 774: Spirit drove off of Home Plate and back into the "Dugout" - a
> gulley near the southeast edge of Home Plate. The rover acquired
> mid-drive images and post-drive images of surrounding terrain, then
> completed opacity observations and measurements of the sky and ground
> with the miniature thermal emission spectrometer.
>
> Sol 775: In the morning, Spirit took thumbnail images of the sky with
> the panoramic camera and miniature thermal emission spectrometer
> measurements of the sky and ground. With the robotic arm still stowed,
> Spirit spent 30 minutes collecting temperature data using the alpha
> particle X-ray spectrometer. In the afternoon, Spirit conducted
> reconnaissance with the miniature thermal emission spectrometer.
>
> Sol 776: Plans for this sol call for Spirit to begin collecting a
> long-baseline stereo mosaic of images of the hill by taking panoramic
> camera images from one site, driving 8 meters (26 feet), and then
> acquiring the part of the second half of the stereo mosaic.
>
> Sol 777 (March 11, 2006): Plans for this sol include morning
> atmospheric
> studies, finishing the long-baseline stereo mosaic, and taking pictures
> of a target called "Bitty Cloud."
>
> As of sol 775 (March 9, 2006), Spirit's total odometry was 6,756 meters
> (4.2 miles).
>
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>
> OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Hawkeyeing from the 'Half Pipes' - sol 751-756,
> Mar 11, 2006:
>
> Opportunity is healthy and making its way south along the "Payson"
> outcrop of "Erebus Crater." The traverse paths are known within the
> team
> as "half-pipes," after the popular Olympic event. Last week Opportunity
> drove along one half-pipe, collecting high-resolution panoramic camera
> images of the outcrop. (The team calls this "scoot and shoot"). The
> rover has now left this path, and the team has planned a drive to the
> next half-pipe. Depending on traversability, Opportunity will either
> continue its scoot-and-shoot outcrop imaging campaign over the weekend,
> or start down the road to "Victoria Crater."
>
> Sol-by-sol summaries:
>
> Sol 751 (March 5, 2006): Opportunity drove a short bump, took mid-drive
> panoramic camera images of the outcrop, then drove about 8 meters
> (about
> 26 feet) along the "half-pipe."
>
> Sol 752: The rover did untargeted remote sensing this sol, including
> atmospheric science and systematic foreground studies with the
> navigation camera and the miniature thermal emission spectrometer.
> Systematic foreground studies means gathering a set of consistent
> observations of different objects right in front of the rover.
>
> Sol 753: Opportunity took pre-drive panoramic camera images of a
> cobble,
> drove 4 meters (13 feet), imaged the outcrop, then drove about 11
> meters
> (36 feet) out of the first half-pipe towards the next one. It also
> acquired post-drive imaging.
>
> Sol 754: Opportunity conducted systematic foreground studies with the
> panoramic camera and the miniature thermal emission spectrometer. The
> rover also did some atmospheric science.
>
> Sol 755: Opportunity drove about 19 meters (about 62 feet) to the edge
> of the half-pipe and acquired post-drive imaging to determine
> traversability.
>
> Sol 756 (March 10, 2006): The plan for the sol is to conduct
> atmospheric
> science, including an attempt to observe clouds.
>
> Total odometry as of sol 753 (March 7, 2006): 6645.57 meters (4.13
> miles)
>
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