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PIA05719: Spirit's Prime-Mission Traverse
 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:  1226 x 1140 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05719.tif (1.999 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05719.jpg (131.2 kB)

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A traverse map for NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit traces the path Spirit drove during its prime mission of 90 sols. The base image for this map was taken seconds before landing by Spirit's downward-looking descent image motion estimation system camera.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/New Mexico Museum of Natural History

Image Addition Date:
2004-04-08