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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-29 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This mosaic of images from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows surroundings of the rover's location on Sept. 16, 2010. The terrain includes light-toned bedrock and darker ripples of wind-blown sand.
PIA13414:
Opportunity's Surroundings After Sol 2363 Drive (Polar)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-29 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This mosaic of images from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows surroundings of the rover's location on Sept. 16, 2010. The terrain includes light-toned bedrock and darker ripples of wind-blown sand.
PIA13413:
Opportunity's Surroundings After Sol 2363 Drive (Vertical)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-21 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its panoramic camera to capture this view of a dark rock the size of a toaster that may be an iron meteorite. Part of the rim of Endurance Crater is on the horizon.
PIA13395:
Opportunity Heading for Possible Meteorite
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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During a long drive on Labor Day, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity reached the estimated halfway point of its journey from Victoria Crater to Endeavour Crater.
PIA13375:
View from Halfway Through Multi-Year Trek
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-07 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This panorama taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity includes an outcrop informally called 'Cambridge Bay.' Opportunity examined this outcrop in August 2010.
PIA13372:
'Cambridge Bay' Outcrop Examined by Opportunity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-07 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This stereo panorama taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity includes an outcrop informally called 'Cambridge Bay.' 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA13371:
'Cambridge Bay' Outcrop Examined by Opportunity (Stereo)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-28 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This is the first dust devil that NASA's rover Opportunity has observed in the rover's six and a half years on Mars. This image has been carefully calibrated and the contrast stretched to make the dust devil easier to see against the Martian sky.
PIA13305:
First Dust Devil Seen by Opportunity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-06-29 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image from NASA's rover Opportunity shows mostly a portion of Endeavour's western rim (left); a paler-looking terrain on the horizon beyond Endeavour (right) is part of a thick deposit of material ejected by the impact that excavated Iazu Crater.
PIA13197:
Super-Resolution View of Endeavour Rim, Sol 2239
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-06-29 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This mosaic of images of the region around NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the relative locations of several craters, including Endeavour, in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars.
PIA13196:
Opportunity Amid Mars Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-06-25 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take the images combined into this full 360-degree view of the rover's surroundings after a drive on the 2,220th Martian day, or sol, of Opportunity's mission on Mars (April 22, 2010).
PIA13222:
Opportunity's Surroundings After Sol 2220 Drive
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-06-25 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity combined images into this stereo, 360-degree view on April 22, 2010. This site is about 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) south-southwest of Victoria Crater. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA13221:
Opportunity's Surroundings After Sol 2220 Drive (Stereo)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-06-25 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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In this polar projection image taken on April 22, 2009, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows wind-formed ripples of dark sand make up much of the terrain surrounding its position. Patches of outcrop are visible to the south.
PIA13220:
Opportunity's Surroundings After Sol 2220 Drive (Polar)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-06-25 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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In this vertical projection image taken on April 22, 2009, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows wind-formed ripples of dark sand make up much of the terrain surrounding its position. Patches of outcrop are visible to the south.
PIA13219:
Opportunity's Surroundings After Sol 2220 Drive (Vertical)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-06-03 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Lengthy detective work from data collected by NASA's rover Spirit confirmed that an outcrop called 'Comanche' contains a mineral indicating that a past environment was wet and non-acidic, possibly favorable to life.
PIA13175:
Carbonate-Containing Martian Rocks, False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's rover Opportunity captured this image of the tracks the rover left on a drive from one energy-favorable position on the northern end of a sand ripple to another. The rover team calls this hopping from lily pad to lily pad.
PIA13147:
Opportunity Looks Back After Hop to a New Pad
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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While humans' lives unfolded on Earth, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity paused in its southward trek and captured this photomosaic in approximate true color.
PIA13104:
Two Worlds, One Sun
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-03 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image shows NASA's Opportunity's climb out of Victoria crater. It is the first frame of a movie that spans three days when the rover exited the crater at the alcove called 'Duck Bay' leaving two sets of wheel tracks.
PIA13088:
Opportunity's Wheel Tracks at Victoria Crater Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-30 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image uses a view from the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity to show context for a horizon shot by the rover's narrower-angle panoramic camera of the rim of Endeavour crater.
PIA13084:
Endeavour on the Horizon (Context View)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-30 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its panoramic camera (Pancam) to capture this view approximately true-color view of the rim of Endeavour crater, the rover's destination in a multi-year traverse along the sandy Martian landscape.
PIA13081:
Endeavour on the Horizon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-30 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its panoramic camera (Pancam) to capture this false-color view of the rim of Endeavour crater, the rover's destination in a multi-year traverse along the sandy Martian landscape.
PIA13080:
Endeavour on the Horizon (False Color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-24 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover used its panoramic camera to record this view of the rim of a crater about 65 kilometers (40 miles) in the distance, on the southwestern horizon. This crater, Bopolu, is about 19 kilometers (12 miles) in diameter.
PIA12980:
Rim of Bopolu Crater Far to the Southwest of Opportunity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-24 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image from the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a rock called 'Chocolate Hills,' which the rover found and examined at the edge of a young crater called 'Concepción.'
PIA12972:
Rock with Odd Coating Beside a Young Martian Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-24 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This false color image from the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a rock called 'Chocolate Hills,' which the rover found and examined at the edge of a young crater called 'Concepción.'
PIA12971:
Rock with Odd Coating Beside a Young Martian Crater, False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-24 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image from the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows details of the coating on a rock called 'Chocolate Hills,' which the rover found and examined at the edge of a young crater called 'Concepción.'
PIA12970:
Coating on Rock Beside a Young Martian Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-23 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This true-color image is the result of the first observation of a target selected autonomously by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity using newly developed and uploaded software named Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science, or AEGIS.
PIA12975:
First Image from a Mars Rover Choosing a Target
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This image is the result of the first observation of a target selected autonomously by NASA's Opportunity using newly developed and uploaded software called AEGIS. The false color makes some differences between materials easier to see.
PIA12974:
First Image from a Mars Rover Choosing a Target, False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-23 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Opportunity used newly developed and uploaded software called AEGIS, to analyze images to identify features that best matched criteria for selecting an observation target; the criteria in this image -- rocks that are larger and darker than others.
PIA12973:
Image Analyzed by Mars Rover for Selection of Target
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-02-16 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This false-color image, taken by the panoramic camera on NASA's rover Opportunity, shows the rock 'Chocolate Hills,' perched on the rim of the 10-meter (33-foot) wide 'Concepcion' crater. This rock has a thick, dark-colored coating resembling chocolate.
PIA12452:
Chocolate Hills Rock
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-02-12 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit recorded this fisheye view after completing a drive during on Mars on Feb. 8, 2010. The drive left Spirit in the position where the rover will stay parked during the upcoming Mars southern-hemisphere winter.
PIA12457:
Spirit's Rear View After Parking for Fourth Winter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This NASA Spirit image view is toward the north, looking down at Spirit's front wheels. It is one of a series of wide-angle views shown one after the other. Go to the Photojournal to view the animation.
PIA12501:
Front Camera View of Backward Drive, Sols 2145-2154 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This NASA Spirit image view is toward the south, looking down at Spirit's rear wheels. It is one of a series of wide-angle views shown one after the other. Go to the Photojournal to view the animation.
PIA12500:
Rear Camera View of Backward Drive, Sols 2145-2154 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-21 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Perched on a rippled Martian plain, a dark rock not much bigger than a basketball was the target of interest for NASA's Opportunity during the past two months; Opportunity's rock abrasion tool brushed dust out of the circular area.
PIA12434:
Sample from Deep in Martian Crust: 'Marquette Island'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-21 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image is one of two frames showing NASA's Spirit driving backward as next technique for attempting to extricate the rover from the sand trap where it is embedded. Go to the Photojournal for the animation.
PIA12497:
Movement During Backward Drive, Sols 2147 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-21 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This frame (taken from a three-frame animation) aids evaluation of performance of the right-front wheel on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during a drive on the rover's 2,117th Martian day, or sol (Dec. 16, 2009).
PIA12482:
Rotations by Spirit's Right-Front Wheel, Sol 2117 Animation Icon
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Diagnostic tests were run on the right-rear wheel and right-front wheel on NASA's Spirit. The right-rear wheel continued to show no motion in the latest tests and exhibited very high resistance in the motor winding.
PIA12398:
Slight Movement by Spirit's Right-Front Wheel, Sol 2113 Animation Icon
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Little Movement in Spirit's Sol 2099 Drive
PIA12477:
Little Movement in Spirit's Sol 2099 Drive Animation Icon
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used the wire brush of its rock abrasion tool to scour dust from a circular target area on a rock called 'Marquette Island.'
PIA12475:
Examining 'Marquette Island'
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took this picture of a rock informally named 'Marquette Island' as the rover was approaching the rock for investigations that have suggested the rock is a stony meteorite.
PIA12474:
Approaching 'Marquette Island'
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This view from the navigation camera near the top of the mast on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the tracks left by the rover as it drove southward and backward, dragging its inoperable right-front wheel.
PIA12473:
Tracks in, Path out?
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Movement from Spirit's Third Extrication Drive
PIA12378:
Movement from Spirit's Third Extrication Drive Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image is one of two images which documents very slight forward movement of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during a drive on the rover's 2,090th Martian day, or sol (Nov. 19, 2009).
PIA12471:
Movement from Spirit's Second Extrication Drive Animation Icon
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit used its rear hazard avoidance camera to take this view toward the south during the 1,899th Martian day, or sol, of Spirit's mission on Mars (May 6, 2009).
PIA12357:
View in Travel Direction, Sol 1870, with 'Rock Garden'
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit used its rear hazard avoidance camera to take this view toward the south during the 1,899th Martian day, or sol, of Spirit's mission on Mars (May 6, 2009).
PIA12356:
Rear View Southward from 'Troy'
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Wheel slippage during attempts to extricate NASA's Mars Rover Spirit from a patch of soft ground during the preceding two weeks had partially buried the wheels by the 1,899th Martian day, or sol, of the Spirit's mission on Mars (May 6, 2009).
PIA12355:
Spirit's Wheels Digging into Soft Ground, Sol 1899
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit looks toward the northwest and shows some of the targets examined by Spirit after the rover became embedded at this site.
PIA12354:
Site of Intense Investigation by Spirit
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A depression called 'Scamander Crater,' dominates the terrain near NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in this map that emphasizes local topography by removing the regional tilt to the northwest.
PIA12353:
Adjusted Local Topography Map of Spirit's Surroundings
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Rover-team members at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., check slight movements by a test rover during tests simulating the challenge of getting NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit out of a sand trap on Mars.
PIA12352:
Sandbox Testing to Prepare for Driving Spirit
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A screen shot from software used by the Mars Exploration Rover team for assessing movements by Spirit and Opportunity illustrates the degree to which Spirit's wheels have become embedded in soft material at the location called 'Troy.'
PIA12337:
Computer Reconstruction of Spirit's Predicament
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit recorded this forward view of its arm and surroundings; bright soil in the left half of the image is loose, fluffy material churned by the rover's left-front wheel as Spirit.
PIA12312:
Spirit's Robotic Stretch on Sol 2052
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The total distance driven on Mars by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover, 34.36 kilometers by early December 2011, is approaching the record total for off-Earth driving, held by the robotic Lunokhod 2 rover operated on Earth's moon by the Soviet Union in 1973.
PIA14860:
Off-Earth Driving Champs (in Kilometers)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found a rock that apparently is another meteorite, less than three weeks after driving away from a larger meteorite that the rover examined for six weeks.
PIA12254:
Opportunity Finds Another Meteorite
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Tests of possible maneuvers for use by NASA's rover Spirit on Mars include use of this lightweight test rover at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
PIA12204:
Checking Tilt of Lightweight Test Rover
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This full-circle,stereo view from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the terrain surrounding the location called 'Troy,' where Spirit became embedded in soft soil during the spring of 2009.
PIA12203:
'Calypso' Panorama of Spirit's View from 'Troy'
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This full-circle view from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the terrain surrounding the location called 'Troy,' where Spirit became embedded in soft soil during the spring of 2009. 3D glasses are necessary.
PIA12202:
'Calypso' Panorama of Spirit's View from 'Troy' (Stereo)
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This full-circle, false color view from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the terrain surrounding the location called 'Troy,' where Spirit became embedded in soft soil during the spring of 2009.
PIA12201:
'Calypso' Panorama of Spirit's View from 'Troy' (False Color)
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This mosaic image was taken with the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit to get a look underneath the rover.
PIA12182:
Spirit's View of Own Underbelly, Sol 1990
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This stereo view combines a pair of images taken two months apart by the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA12181:
Spirit's View of Own Underbelly, (Stereo from Two Sols)
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This stereo view combines a pair of images taken by the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the 1,925th Martian day (sol) of Spirit's mission on Mars (June 2, 2009). 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA12180:
Spirit's View of Own Underbelly, (Sol 1925 Stereo)
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Testing at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in August 2009 is assessing possible maneuvers that the Mars rover Spirit might use for escaping from a patch of soft soil where it is embedded at a Martian site called 'Troy.'
PIA12183:
Second Test Rover Added for 'Free Spirit' Tests
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A test setup at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory enables experiments with maneuvers being considered for use by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit to get Spirit out of soft soil where it has become embedded.
PIA12171:
Laying the Groundwork for a Rover Test
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This view of a rock called 'Block Island,' the largest meteorite yet found on Mars, comes from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.
PIA12193:
'Block Island' Meteorite on Mars, Sol 1961 (False Color)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its microscopic imager to get this view of the surface of a rock called 'Block Island' during the 1,963rd Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission on Mars (Aug. 1, 2009).
PIA12191:
Magnified Look at a Meteorite on Mars
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Composition measurements by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity confirm that this rock on the Martian surface is an iron-nickel meteorite. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA12165:
'Block Island' Meteorite on Mars, Sol 1961 (Stereo)
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This is a picture of 'Block Island' an odd-shaped, dark rock, which may be a meteorite.
PIA12161:
Block Island Close-up
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This image of 'Block Island' was taken on July 28, 2009, with the front hazard-identification camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.
PIA12160:
Block Island in Sight
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover team members continued longer-duration test runs this week, driving the test rover forward and uphill in a crab-like position. These long-duration drives will continue through the end of next week.
PIA12159:
Uphill Climb
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Rover team members at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., on July 24, 2009, discuss the next step in preparing for a new phase in testing of possible moves for getting NASA's Mars rover Spirit out of a sandtrap on Mars.
PIA12156:
Sandbox Tracks from Rover Testing
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take the images combined into this 360-degree cylindrical view of the rover's surroundings on the 1,950th Martian day, or sol, of its surface mission (July 19, 2009).
PIA12155:
Opportunity's Surroundings on Sol 1950
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take the images combined into this 360-degree stereo view of the rover's surroundings on July 19, 2009. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA12154:
Opportunity's Surroundings on Sol 1950 (Stereo)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take the images combined into this 360-degree vertical view of the rover's surroundings on the 1,950th Martian day, or sol, of its surface mission (July 19, 2009).
PIA12153:
Opportunity's Surroundings on Sol 1950 (Vertical)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take the images combined into this 360-degree polar view of the rover's surroundings on the 1,950th Martian day, or sol, of its surface mission (July 19, 2009).
PIA12152:
Opportunity's Surroundings on Sol 1950 (Polar)
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Mars Exploration Rover team members on July 21, 2009, tested how altering the order in which individual wheels turn for steering affects how those turns dig the wheels deeper into soft soil. From left: Alfonso Herrera, Vandana Verma, Bruce Banerdt.
PIA12150:
Testing Sequences of Wheel Turns
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In this view from behind a test rover at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., the rear wheels of the rover are turned toward the left, and the left-front wheel is turned toward the right.
PIA12145:
Preparing for Rover Pivot Test
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Rover team members Kim Lichtenberg and Joseph Carsten watch motions of a test rover at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., as the rover carries out commands for driving forward with an arc toward the right.
PIA12144:
Observing a Rover Pivot Test
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This stereo scene combines frames taken by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the 1,891st Martian day, or sol, of Spirit's mission on Mars (April 28, 2009). You will need 3-D glasses to view this image.
PIA12143:
Spirit's View from "Troy" (Stereo)
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This scene combines seven frames taken by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the 1,891st Martian day, or sol, of Spirit's mission on Mars (April 28, 2009).
PIA12142:
Spirit's View from "Troy"
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This stereo scene combines frames taken by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the 1,871st Martian day, or sol, of Spirit's mission on Mars (April 8, 2009). You will need 3-D glasses to view this image.
PIA12141:
Spirit Close to "Troy," Sol 1871 (Stereo)
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This scene combines five frames taken by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the 1,871st Martian day, or sol, of Spirit's mission on Mars (April 8, 2009). It spans 180 degrees, with east on the left, south at the center
PIA12140:
Spirit Close to "Troy," Sol 1871
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This stereo scene combines frames taken by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the 1,869th Martian day, or sol, of Spirit's mission on Mars (April 6, 2009). You will need 3-D glasses to view this image.
PIA12139:
Spirit's Look Ahead on Sol 1869 (Stereo)
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This scene combines three frames taken by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the 1,869th Martian day, or sol, of Spirit's mission on Mars (April 6, 2009). It spans 120 degrees, with south at the center.
PIA12138:
Spirit's Look Ahead on Sol 1869
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This stereo scene combines frames taken by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the 1,866th Martian day, or sol, of Spirit's mission on Mars (April 3, 2009). You will need 3-D glasses to view this image.
PIA12137:
Spirit's Look Ahead After Sol 1866 Drive (Stereo)
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This scene combines three frames taken by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the 1,866th Martian day, or sol, of Spirit's mission on Mars (April 3, 2009). It spans 120 degrees, with south at the center.
PIA12136:
Spirit's Look Ahead After Sol 1866 Drive
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This view from the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows tracks left by backing out of a wind-formed ripple after the rover's wheels had started to dig too deeply into the dust and sand of the ripple.
PIA12131:
Skirting an Obstacle, Opportunity's Sol 1867
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NASA's Opportunity had driven 72.3 meters southward (237 feet) that sol. Engineers drove the rover backward as a strategy to counteract an increase in the amount of current drawn by the drive motor of the right-front wheel. This is a cylindric projection.
PIA12130:
Opportunity's View After 72-Meter Drive, Sol 1912
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NASA's Opportunity had driven 72.3 meters southward (237 feet) on June 10. Engineers drove the rover backward as a strategy to counteract an increase in the amount of current drawn by the drive motor of the right-front wheel. 3D glasses are necessary.
PIA12129:
Opportunity's View After 72-Meter Drive, Sol 1912 (Stereo)
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NASA's Opportunity had driven 72.3 meters southward (237 feet) that sol. Engineers drove the rover backward as a strategy to counteract an increase in the amount of current drawn by the drive motor of the right-front wheel. This is a vertical projection.
PIA12128:
Opportunity's View After 72-Meter Drive, Sol 1912 (Vertical)
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NASA's Opportunity had driven 72.3 meters southward (237 feet) that sol. Engineers drove the rover backward as a strategy to counteract an increase in the amount of current drawn by the drive motor of the right-front wheel. This is a polar projection.
PIA12127:
Opportunity's View After 72-Meter Drive, Sol 1912 (Polar)
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NASA's Opportunity had driven 62.5 meters (205 feet) that sol, southward away from an outcrop called 'Penrhyn,' which the rover had been examining for a few sols, and toward a crater called 'Adventure.' This is a cylindrical projection.
PIA12126:
Opportunity's Surroundings After Backwards Drive, Sol 1850
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NASA's Opportunity had driven 62.5 meters (205 feet) on April 7, 2009, southward away from an outcrop called 'Penrhyn,' which the rover had been examining for a few sols, and toward a crater called 'Adventure.' 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA12125:
Opportunity's Surroundings After Backwards Drive, Sol 1850 (Stereo)
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NASA's Opportunity had driven 62.5 meters (205 feet) that sol, southward away from an outcrop called 'Penrhyn,' which the rover had been examining for a few sols, and toward a crater called 'Adventure.' This is a vertical projection.
PIA12124:
Opportunity's Surroundings After Backwards Drive, Sol 1850 (Vertical)
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NASA's Opportunity had driven 62.5 meters (205 feet) that sol, southward away from an outcrop called 'Penrhyn,' which the rover had been examining for a few sols, and toward a crater called 'Adventure.' This is a polar projection.
PIA12123:
Opportunity's Surroundings After Backwards Drive, Sol 1850 (Polar)
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The navigation camera on NASA's Spirit caught this stereo view of a dust devil during the on May 21, 2009. The view is to the west from Spirit's position at the 'Troy' location where Spirit had become embedded a few weeks earlier. 3D glasses are needed.
PIA12122:
Dust Devil West of Spirit, Sol 1913 (Stereo)
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While the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit was taking exposures with different color filters on May 27, 2009), dust devils moved across the field of view.
PIA12121:
Colorful Effect from Sequential Shots of Moving Dust Devils
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Researchers used the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit to look for dust devils near the rover during the mission's 1,919th Martian day, or sol (May 27, 2009).
PIA12120:
Huge Dust Devil Northwest of Spirit, Sol 1919
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Mars Exploration Rover team members at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., prepare an experiment on July 13, 2009, for assessing how a test rover moves when embedded in loose soil and commanded to drive backward with wheels turned.
PIA12119:
Position Markers in Preparation for Test
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover team members prepare a testing setup for a subsequent experiment after an experiment driving the rover in a crablike motion, with all four corner wheels angled to the right.
PIA12118:
After a Crabwalk Test
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Mike Seibert and Sharon Laubach, engineers on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, check the exact position of a test rover in preparation for the next test of a possible maneuver for Spirit to use on Mars.
PIA12115:
Preparing for Next Test
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After commanding five of a test rover's six wheels to drive forward, rover driver Paolo Bellutta (left) measures how much the rover moved sideways, downslope, during the maneuver.
PIA12109:
Assessing Movement of Test Rover
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With a slope of about 10 degrees and a pointy rock under the test rover's belly, this sandbox setup at NASA's JPL, is ready for engineers to use the test rover to assess possible moves for getting Mars rover Spirit out of a patch of loose Martian soil.
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Test Setup for Effort to Free Spirit
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While a test rover rolls off a plywood surface into a prepared bed of soft soil, rover team members Colette Lohr (left) and Kim Lichtenberg (center) eye the wheels digging into the soil and Paolo Bellutta enters the next driving command.
PIA12101:
Test Rover Sinks into Prepared Soil
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