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PIA05087: Rover Rehearses Roll-Off at JPL
Footage from the JPL In-Situ Instruments Laboratory, or 'testbed,' shows engineers rehearsing a crucial maneuver called egress in which NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit rolls off its lander platform and touches martian soil.
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Product Size:  710 x 532 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05087.tif (1.135 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05087.jpg (59 kB)  

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Footage from the JPL In-Situ Instruments Laboratory, or "testbed," shows engineers rehearsing a crucial maneuver called egress in which the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit rolls off its lander platform and touches martian soil. Engineers at JPL used a test rover to perform this maneuver as if they were at the rover's landing site, Gusev Crater on Mars. Spirit successfully completed its roll-off early Thursday morning.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
2004-01-15