PIA05009: Plaque on Spirit Honors Columbia Astronauts
A plaque commemorating the astronauts who died in the tragic accident of the Space Shuttle Columbia is mounted on the back of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's high-gain antenna.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Instrument:  Navigation Camera 
 Product Size:  627 x 768 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05009.tif (465.4 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05009.jpg (82.69 kB)  

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A plaque commemorating the astronauts who died in the tragic accident of the Space Shuttle Columbia is mounted on the back of the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's high-gain antenna. The plaque was designed by Mars Exploration Rover engineers. The astronauts are also honored by the new name of the rover landing site, the Columbia Memorial Station. This image was taken on Mars by Spirit's navigation camera.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
2004-01-07