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PIA05033: Spirit Rises at JPL
This image taken at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows engineers testing the rover stand-up motions. The rover is in an elevated pose, preparing to fold down its wheels, descend and stand up.
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Product Size:  1920 x 1080 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05033.tif (6.23 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05033.jpg (219.9 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This image taken at JPL shows engineers testing the rover stand-up motions. The rover is in an elevated pose, preparing to fold down its wheels, descend and stand up.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
2004-01-09