Astrogeology team finalizes work on MER mission
By Astrogeology Science Center
September 6, 2019
Spirit and Opportunity will be sorely missed.
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Although the end of the Opportunity mission was declared months ago, the USGS Mars Exploration Rover (MER) team still had a lot of work to do to finalize and document the Microscopic Imager (MI) data archive. In collaboration with MER team members around the world, we verified the names of features and targets observed by the arm instruments and updated tables summarizing the MI observations. We also reprocessed many MI images using updated calibration parameters and delivered them to NASA's Planetary Data System. These tables and products will be useful to future researchers and available to the public. To celebrate the completion of these important tasks and the role USGS Astrogeology played in the MER missions, we went out to lunch at a local restaurant and shared many great memories.
By Dr. Ken Herkenhoff
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