PIA05034: America On Board
Nestled atop an electronics module on a lander side petal of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, a miniature American flag accompanies a patch bearing the names and signatures of U.S. officials including George W. Bush and Sean O'Keefe.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Instrument:  Panoramic Camera 
 Product Size:  1024 x 1024 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Cornell University 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05034.tif (3.15 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05034.jpg (153.5 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Nestled atop an electronics module on a lander side petal of the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, a miniature American flag accompanies a patch bearing the names and signatures of U.S. officials including President George W. Bush and NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe. This image was taken on Mars by the rover's panoramic camera.

Image Credit:
JPL/NASA/Cornell

Image Addition Date:
2004-01-09