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PIA04851: Chip with 35,000 Signatures
This closeup shows the size of the computer chip that holds about 35,000 laser-engraved signatures of visitors to the Mars Exploration Rovers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
Opportunity
 Product Size:  3000 x 2387 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Addition Date:  2003-11-07 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA04851.tif (19.5 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA04851.jpg (400.5 kB)  

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April 15, 2003
Prelaunch at Kennedy Space Center

This closeup shows the size of the computer chip that holds about 35,000 laser-engraved signatures of visitors to the Mars Exploration Rovers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It will be placed on the second rover to be launched to Mars; the first rover already has one. The signatures include those of senators, artists, and John Glenn. The identical Mars rovers are scheduled to launch June 5 and June 25 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/KSC

Image Addition Date:
2003-11-07