News Archive / Tagged: Endeavour crater

• Inside Opportunity: As dust storm continues to rage Oppy sleeps

  James RiceJuly 28th, 2018

  Our Opportunity Mars Exploration Rover, situated at the Red Planet's Perseverance Valley located on the western inner rim of Endeavour Crater, continues to remain silent due to the ongoing global dust storm. The storm has placed 'Oppy' into a mode designed to protect her in instances just like the one the golf cart-sized rover is currently enduring.

• NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover on walkabout near crater rim

  Jim SharkeyJune 28th, 2017

  NASA's Opportunity Mars rover is investigating rocks near the rim of Endeavour Crater for signs that they were either transported by a flood or eroded in place by the Martian wind. These are two of several possible explanations for features observed the crater rim's crest above "Perseverance Valley", which is carved into the inner slope of the crater's rim.

• NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover begins study of ‘Perseverance Valley’

  Jim SharkeyMay 19th, 2017

  NASA's Opportunity Mars rover has reached the main objective of its current two-year extended mission – an ancient fluid-carved ravine, called "Perseverance Valley", on the western rim of Endeavour Crater.