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Steve Squyres and Oppy’s exploration of Perseverance

Steve Squyres and Oppy’s exploration of Perseverance
Steve Squyres and Oppy’s exploration of Perseverance MER Principal Investigator Steve Squyres, of Cornell University (right), led off the MER talks at LPSC in March 2018 with a “high speed” review of the various discoveries that Opportunity has found during her road trip into Perseverance Valley (left). At the time of the conference, the rover was about halfway down the length of the valley. Click to enlarge map to see rover’s route through Sol 5000, mid-February 2018. NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona (left); A.J.S. Rayl (right)