PIA23178: Opportunity's Final Traverse Map


Opportunity’s Final Traverse Map

Caption:

This final traverse map for NASA's Opportunity rover shows where the rover was located within Perseverance Valley on June 10, 2018, the last date it made contact with its engineering team.

Visible in this map is a yellow traverse route beginning at Opportunity's landing site, Eagle Crater, and ranging 28.06 miles (45.16 kilometers) to its final resting spot on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover was descending down into the crater in Perseverance Valley when the dust storm ended its mission.

Background Info:

This map is made from several images taken by the Context Camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Those images are: B02_010486_1779_XN_02S005W, P15_006847_1770_XN_03S005W, and P13_006135_1789_XN_01S005W. Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego built and operates the camera.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Exploration Rover and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter projects for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Mars 2020, Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Instrument Host Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Opportunity (MER-B), Perseverance
Host Type Orbiter Rover
Instrument Context Camera (CTX)
Detector
Extra Keywords Atmosphere, Color, Crater, Dust, Map, Storm
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2019-04-25
Date in Caption 2018-06-10
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23178
Identifier PIA23178