The Mars Rover Opportunity will most likely make an attempt at descending into the Endurance crater next week.
The rover will first go to the edge of the crater to check its steepness. If scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, determine that Opportunity can make it down the slope, they will give the command for it to descend.
"The analysis just completed by the rover team shows likelihood that Opportunity will be able to drive to a diagnostic rock exposure, examine it and then drive out of the crater," Weiler said. "However, there's no guarantee of getting out again."
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