The Athena science payload on the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER Spirit and Opportunity) includes the Microscopic Imager (MI), a fixed focus close-up camera mounted on the instrument arm. The MI acquires images at a scale of 31 micrometers/pixel over a broad spectral range (400 to 700 nm) using only natural illumination of target surfaces. Radio signals from Spirit have not been received since March 2010, so attempts to communicate with that rover ceased in mid-2011. The Opportunity MI optics were contaminated by a global dust storm in 2007. That contamination continues to reduce the contrast of MI images, and is being monitored by occasionally imaging the sky.


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    Title :

    Opportunity Microscopic Imager Results from the Western Rim of Endeavour Crater


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ; 2016 ; The Woodlands, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2016-03-21


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English