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PIA05057: Right on Target-3
This map, taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's lander, shows the estimated location of the rover within Gusev Crater, Mars.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Instrument:  Descent Image Motion Estimation System (DIMES) 
 Product Size:  4800 x 3200 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05057.tif (9.042 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05057.jpg (502 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:
This map shows the estimated location of the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit within Gusev Crater, Mars. Measurements taken during the rover's descent by the Deep Space Network predicted its landing site to be the spot marked with a black cross. Later measurements taken on the ground by both the Deep Space Network and the orbiter Mars Odyssey narrowed the predicted landing site to a spot marked with a white cross. When initially choosing a landing site for the rover, engineers avoided hazardous craters outlined here in yellow and red. This map consists of data taken during Spirit's descent by the descent image motion estimation system located at the bottom of the rover.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
2004-01-13