Current Rover Status
20 August, 1997
6:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time (GMT -7 hrs.)
Sol 45-47
Description of Planned Rover Operations for Sol 45:
Today we drive across the Martian surface towards Shark (and hopefully far far far away
from Wedge) to take its picture and see if Shark is a good target for APX analysis.
Summary of Planned Rover Activities for Sol 45:
| PDT |
MLST |
Rover Acivity |
| 21:39 |
09:33 |
Sequence 54510 MARS |
| 21:47 |
09:40 |
Begin Traverse |
| 21:58 |
09:51 |
Mono image of shark |
| 00:11 |
12:01 |
Begin MAE experiment |
| 02:15 |
14:01 |
Begin MAE experiment |
| 20:45 |
Sol 46 08:02 |
No uplink day |
| 00:51 |
Sol 46 12:01 |
Begin MAE experiment |
| 23:27 |
Sol 47 10:01 |
End on nominal execution |
|
Sol 42-43
| PDT |
MLST |
Rover Acivity |
| 19:37 |
10:08 |
Sequence 54110 MARS |
| 19:37 |
10:08 |
Begin Daytime Ops Prep |
| 19:39 |
10:10 |
Read persistent state table |
| 19:39 |
10:10 |
End Daytime Ops Prep |
| 19:39 |
10:10 |
Begin set traverse parameters |
| 19:40 |
10:10 |
End set traverse parameters |
| 19:40 |
10:10 |
BEGIN TRAVERSE OPS |
| 19:40 |
10:10 |
Wait for gyro |
| 19:45 |
10:15 |
Move AWAY from the rock |
| 19:45 |
10:15 |
for 110 degrees |
| 19:54 |
10:24 |
Image entrance to rock garden |
| 20:42 |
11:11 |
Mono image of shark |
| 21:03 |
11:32 |
End imaging |
| 21:06 |
11:35 |
End traverse |
| 21:07 |
11:35 |
Soil mechanics |
| 21:08 |
11:37 |
Begin Night Ops Prep |
| 21:10 |
11:38 |
End Night Ops Prep |
| 21:10 |
11:38 |
LMRE off at 11:40 LST |
| 21:33 |
12:01 |
Begin MAE experiment |
| 21:36 |
12:03 |
End MAE experiment |
| 23:36 |
14:01 |
Begin MAE experiment |
| 23:36 |
14:01 |
WARNING: Confirm dust cover para |
| 23:37 |
14:02 |
End MAE experiment |
|
Sol 40-41
| PDT |
MLST |
Rover Acivity |
| 17:56 |
09:47 |
Sequence 53910 MARS |
| 18:13 |
10:03 |
Begin APXS Retract |
| 18:20 |
10:09 |
BEGIN TRAVERSE OPS |
| 18:45 |
10:35 |
Start Center Wheelie/Soil actua |
| 18:48 |
10:37 |
Start Right Wheelie/Soil actuat |
| 19:25 |
11:13 |
Image entrance to rock garden |
| 20:14 |
12:01 |
Begin MAE experiment |
| 20:37 |
12:23 |
Turn towards Shark |
| 20:40 |
12:27 |
Stereo image of shark |
| 21:29 |
13:14 |
Soil mechanics |
|
| Sol 34-37
Summary of Planned Rover Activities for Sol 37:
| PDT |
MLST |
Rover Acivity |
| 16:23 |
09:33 |
Sequence 53710B |
| 17:05 |
10:13 |
BEGIN TRAVERSE OPS |
| 17:10 |
10:19 |
Partially deploy APX |
| 17:12 |
10:21 |
Final positioning of APXS |
| 17:12 |
10:21 |
APXS RC mosaic img med deploy |
| 17:27 |
10:35 |
Rover EOD Ops imaging |
| 18:55 |
12:01 |
Begin MAE experiment |
| 21:00 |
14:02 |
Begin MAE experiment |
| 21:01 |
14:04 |
Begin first afternoon APXS data |
| 00:03 |
17:01 |
Begin APXS night ops read |
| 02:06 |
19:01 |
Begin APXS night ops read |
| 10:20 |
03:01 |
Begin APXS night ops read |
| 10:20 |
03:02 |
Begin MAE experiment |
|
Sol 33-34
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sol33.gif
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| The lander, seen at the right of this image from
the Sojourner Rover. |
A closer view of the lander as Sojourner took images of
Wedge. |
|
| Sol 31-32 There were no rover activities today. |
| Sol 29-30
Summary of Planned Rover Activities for Sol30:
| PDT |
MLST |
Rover Acivity |
| 12:15 |
10:01 |
Sequence 53010 MARS |
| 12:17 |
10:03 |
Begin APXS night ops read |
| 12:18 |
10:04 |
Begin APXS Retract |
| 12:24 |
10:10 |
BEGIN TRAVERSE OPS |
| 12:40 |
10:25 |
Image of soil mech/apxs site |
| 13:44 |
11:28 |
Turn to face squid/hassock for photo |
| 13:48 |
11:31 |
Image of hassock/squid |
| 14:23 |
12:06 |
Begin MAE experiment |
| 15:32 |
13:13 |
Tech image leading to bookshelf |
| 10:51 |
Sol 31 08:01 |
LMRE off all day so hold comm |
| 10:52 |
08:02 |
Begin MAE experiment |
| 14:57 |
12:01 |
Begin MAE experiment |
| 11:31 |
Sol 32 08:01 |
Begin MAE experiment |
|
Sol 27-28
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sol27l.gif
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| Sojourner at the Mermaid "dune". |
Squash, to the right in this image from Sojourner, covered in
dust and soil. The Lander is in the background. |
Summary of Planned Rover Activities for Sol 28:
| PDT |
MLST |
Rover Acivity |
| 10:55 |
10:01 |
Sequence 52810 MARS |
| 10:55 |
10:01 |
Begin Daytime Ops Prep |
| 10:56 |
10:01 |
Heat modem up to 5 min/30C |
| 10:57 |
10:03 |
Read persistent state table |
| 10:58 |
10:03 |
End Daytime Ops Prep |
| 10:58 |
10:03 |
Setup traverse parameters |
| 11:03 |
10:08 |
BEGIN TRAVERSE OPERATIONS |
| 11:04 |
10:09 |
Start Center Wheelie/Soil actuator tare |
| 11:06 |
10:12 |
End Wheelie/Soil actuator tare |
| 11:06 |
10:12 |
END TRAVERSE OPERATIONS |
| 11:07 |
10:12 |
Begin APXS Soil Deploy |
| 11:07 |
10:13 |
End APXS Soil Deploy |
| 12:58 |
12:01 |
Begin MAE experiment |
| 12:59 |
12:01 |
WARNING: Confirm dust cover para |
| 12:59 |
12:02 |
End MAE experiment |
| 15:02 |
14:01 |
Begin Night Ops Prep |
| 15:03 |
14:02 |
Read persistent state table |
| 15:03 |
14:02 |
End Night Ops Prep |
| 18:04 |
16:58 |
Begin APXS night ops read |
| 18:04 |
16:58 |
End APXS night ops read |
| 20:04 |
18:54 |
Begin APXS night ops read |
| 20:04 |
18:55 |
End APXS night ops read |
| 01:04 |
23:46 |
Begin APXS Night Ops Prep |
| 01:04 |
23:47 |
End APXS Night Ops Prep |
| 04:04 |
02:42 |
Begin APXS night ops read |
| 04:04 |
02:42 |
End APXS night ops read |
| 09:32 |
08:01 |
Begin MAE experiment |
| 09:32 |
08:01 |
WARNING: Confirm dust cover para |
| 09:35 |
08:04 |
End MAE experiment |
| 11:04 |
09:31 |
Begin Daytime Ops Prep |
| 11:04 |
09:31 |
Read persistent state table |
| 11:04 |
09:31 |
End Daytime Ops Prep |
| 13:38 |
12:01 |
End Nominal Sequence |
|
Sol 26-27
| 13.gif (171K) |
14.gif (186K) |
| This stereo pair of images were taken by the rover front
cameras on Sol 26. The rover was facing towards the south southeast and was located 5
meters from the Pathfinder Lander. It shows a rock-strewn surface between the rover and
Mermaid "dune." Mermaid, the dark, horizontal area seen betwen rocks near the
horizon, is the target for the next APXS measurement. Some of the rocks in the very near
field show features attributed to wind erosion. The small rock on the left shows
"flutes" (streamlined depressions) and the slighly larger rock on the right
shows features that appear to point up-wind (wind coming from the left rear of the rover). |
Summary of Planned Rover Activities for Sol 27:
| PDT |
MLST |
Rover Acivity |
| 10:16 |
10:01 |
Sequence 52710 MARS |
| 10:16 |
10:01 |
Begin Daytime Ops Prep |
| 10:16 |
10:01 |
Heat modem up to 5 min/30C |
| 10:18 |
10:03 |
Read persistent state table |
| 10:18 |
10:03 |
End Daytime Ops Prep |
| 10:18 |
10:03 |
Setup traverse parameters |
| 10:18 |
10:04 |
Set laser dropout to 3 |
| 10:24 |
10:09 |
BEGIN TRAVERSE OPERATIONS |
| 10:24 |
10:09 |
Try to clear rock off wheel |
| 10:26 |
10:10 |
image LF wheel |
| 10:35 |
10:20 |
Wait for S0054 |
| 10:49 |
10:34 |
Wait for S0050 and S0053 |
| 12:24 |
12:06 |
END TRAVERSE OPERATIONS |
| 12:25 |
12:06 |
Begin MAE experiment |
| 12:25 |
12:06 |
WARNING: Confirm dust cover para |
| 12:26 |
12:07 |
End MAE experiment |
| 12:26 |
12:07 |
Image squash in front |
| 12:26 |
12:07 |
full front 3 strip left mosaic |
| 13:00 |
12:41 |
end front mosaic |
| 13:00 |
12:41 |
full front 3 strip right mosaic |
| 13:34 |
13:14 |
end front mosaic |
| 13:34 |
13:14 |
APXS RC mosaic img soil retract |
| 13:34 |
13:14 |
rows 440 cols 421 |
| 13:56 |
13:35 |
End APXS RC mosaic image |
| 13:56 |
13:36 |
End imaging |
| 14:22 |
14:01 |
Begin Night Ops Prep |
| 14:24 |
14:02 |
Read persistent state table |
| 14:24 |
14:02 |
End Night Ops Prep |
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