PIA01132: Pathfinder Rover Atop Mermaid Dune
Pathfinder Rover Atop Mermaid Dune
Target Name: Mars
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: Mars Pathfinder (MPF)
Spacecraft: Mars Pathfinder Lander
Instrument: Imager for Mars Pathfinder
Product Size: 288 samples x 288 lines
Produced By: JPL
Producer ID: P49710
MRPS86808
Addition Date: 1998-01-07
Other Information: Science Magazine, 5 December, 1997
Primary Data Set: MARS_PATHFINDER_PAGE
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Original Caption Released with Image:
Mars Pathfinder Lander camera image of Sojourner Rover atop the Mermaid "dune" on Sol 30. Note the dark material excavated by the rover wheels. These, and other excavations brought materials to the surface for examination and allowed estimates of mechanical properties of the deposits.

NOTE: original caption as published in Science Magazine

Mars Pathfinder is the second in NASA's Discovery program of low-cost spacecraft with highly focused science goals. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, developed and manages the Mars Pathfinder mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
1998-01-07