PIA05002: Airbag Deflates on Mars
This image, taken by the navigation camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, shows the airbags used to protect the rover during landing in 2004. One bright, dust-covered bag is slightly puffed up against the lander.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Instrument:  Navigation Camera 
 Product Size:  541 x 546 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05002.tif (295.9 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05002.jpg (42.46 kB)  

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This image, taken by the navigation camera onboard the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, shows the airbags used to protect the rover during landing. One bright, dust-covered bag is slightly puffed up against the lander.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
2004-01-06