PIA01139: Sojourner Rover View of Platy Fragments near "Pop-Tart"
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Pathfinder (MPF)
 Spacecraft:  Mars Pathfinder Rover
 Instrument:  Rover Cameras 
 Product Size:  288 x 288 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
 Producer ID:  P49709 MRPS86815
 Addition Date:  1998-01-07
 Other  
Information: 
Science Magazine, 5 December, 1997
 Primary Data Set:  MARS_PATHFINDER_PAGE
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA01139.tif (69.47 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA01139.jpg (18.12 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Sojourner's excavations brought materials to the surface for examination and allowed estimates of the mechanical properties of the deposits.

This image is of a 7 cm wide excavation through the veneer of a drift. The platy fragment or piece of crust (upper right) was displaced by the rover wheel.

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).

Photojournal note: Sojourner spent 83 days of a planned seven-day mission exploring the Martian terrain, acquiring images, and taking chemical, atmospheric and other measurements. The final data transmission received from Pathfinder was at 10:23 UTC on September 27, 1997. Although mission managers tried to restore full communications during the following five months, the successful mission was terminated on March 10, 1998.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
1998-01-07