Opportunity began the week positioned over exposed outcrop collecting in-situ (contact) science data and resting the right-front wheel's actuator.
On Sol 1942 (July 11, 2009), Opportunity began moving again with a 67-meter (220-foot) drive. The right-front wheel motor current showed some improvement from the actuator resting and extra mobility heating.
The rover performed another long drive on Sol 1946 (July 15, 2009), covering over 70 meters (230 feet). Again, the right front wheel currents showed continued improvement.
The shroud of the miniature thermal emission spectrometer (Mini-TES) continues to be left open on scheduled sols to allow the environment to clean putative dust contamination from the elevation mirror.
As of Sol 1946 (July 15, 2009), Opportunity's solar array energy production is 414 watt-hours, with an atmospheric opacity (tau) of 0.476 and a dust factor of 0.520. Total odometry remains at 16,850.66 meters (10.47 miles).
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