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The Mars Exploration Rover "Opportunity" will perform a risky descent into the red planet's giant Victoria Crater early next month.
The announcement was delivered during a NASA teleconference today, and came after months of debate about whether or not to proceed. Officials said the decision has been difficult to make because some scientists think the crater may become the aging rover's final resting place.

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NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is scheduled to begin a descent down a rock-paved slope into the Red Planet's massive Victoria Crater. This latest trek carries real risk for the long-lived robotic explorer, but NASA and the Mars Rover science team expect it to provide valuable science.
  
 
 
  
Opportunity's path at Victoria crater
Images/Animations:
+ Animation: Traverse map
+ Animation: Simulated view of Opportunity at Victoria crater
+ Animation: Simulated view -rolling into crater
+ Rover tracks
+ Bright rock (false color)
+ Bright rock (true color)
+ Band at Duck Bay
+Opportunity's path
+ Rim path (wide view)
+ Rim path (close up)
Image right: The route followed by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity during its exploration partway around the rim of Victoria Crater is marked on this map.
Image credit: ASA/JPL/Cornell/University of Arizona/Ohio State University


Opportunity already has been exploring layered rocks in cliffs around Victoria Crater. The team has planned the descent carefully to enable an eventual exit, but Opportunity could become trapped inside the crater or lose some capabilities. The rover has operated more than 12 times longer than its originally intended 90 days.

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NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is scheduled to begin a descent down a rock-paved slope into the Red Planet's massive Victoria Crater. This latest trek carries real risk for the long-lived robotic explorer, but NASA and the Mars Rover science team expect it to provide valuable science.
Opportunity already has been exploring layered rocks in cliffs around Victoria Crater. The team has planned the descent carefully to enable an eventual exit, but Opportunity could become trapped inside the crater or lose some capabilities. The rover has operated more than 12 times longer than its originally intended 90 days.
The scientific allure is the chance to examine and investigate the compositions and textures of exposed materials in the crater's depths for clues about ancient, wet environments. As the rover travels farther down the slope, it will be able to examine increasingly older rocks in the exposed walls of the crater.

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NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 28, to discuss the scientific reasoning and risks related to the Mars rover Opportunity's planned descent into the massive "Victoria Crater." Opportunity has been exploring layered rocks in cliffs around the Martian crater.

Briefing participants are:
-- Alan Stern, NASA associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington
-- Michael Meyer, lead Mars program scientist, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington
-- John Callas, Mars Exploration Rover project manager, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
-- Steve Squyres, principal investigator, Mars Exploration Rover science instruments, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.

Media interested in participating in the teleconference should call 888-398-6118. International media should call 210-234-0018. The passcode is "crater."

Live audio of the teleconference will be streamed at: www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

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Image of Cabo Verde at Victoria crater taken by the Opportunity rover on June 24, 2007 (Sol 1214)

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Image of the crater wall at Cape St Mary at Victoria crater, taken by the Opportunity rover on June 23, 2007 (Sol 1213).

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Image taken by the Opportunity rover on Sol 1211

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This image was taken by the Opportunity rover on Sol 1205

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This image was taken by the Opportunity rover on Sol 1204

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 This orbital view was acquired by the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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