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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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Spirit Rover Bounces Down on Mars
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Spirit Rover Bounces Down on Mars
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After a seven month voyage through interplanetary space, NASA's Spirit Rover has reached the surface of the Red Planet and returned the first images [ http://www.jpl.nasa…] from its landing site in Gusev crater! The entry, descent, and landing phase [ http://marsrovers.j…] of its mission - referred to by mission planners as "Six Minutes of Terror" - began Saturday night around 8:30pm PST as Spirit entered the martian atmosphere at about 12,000 miles per hour. Depicted in the above artist's illustration [ http://marsrovers.j…artwork/ ], the spacecraft is in the final stages of its landing sequence, swaddled in large, protective airbags and bouncing to a soft landing on Mars. The same type of airbags were used for the Mars Pathfinder [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] landing in 1997. Updates on Spirit's status [ http://marsrovers.j…] will be posted throughout the day.
Explanation
After a seven month voyage through interplanetary space, NASA's Spirit Rover has reached the surface of the Red Planet and returned the first images [ http://www.jpl.nasa…] from its landing site in Gusev crater! The entry, descent, and landing phase [ http://marsrovers.j…] of its mission - referred to by mission planners as "Six Minutes of Terror" - began Saturday night around 8:30pm PST as Spirit entered the martian atmosphere at about 12,000 miles per hour. Depicted in the above artist's illustration [ http://marsrovers.j…artwork/ ], the spacecraft is in the final stages of its landing sequence, swaddled in large, protective airbags and bouncing to a soft landing on Mars. The same type of airbags were used for the Mars Pathfinder [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] landing in 1997. Updates on Spirit's status [ http://marsrovers.j…] will be posted throughout the day. Explanation
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1997
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1997
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Mars
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Mars
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Mars
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Mars
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Crater
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Crater
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Mars Pathfinder
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Mars Pathfinder
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Spirit
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Spirit
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Rover
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Rover
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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1997
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1997
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SPD-APOD-ap040104
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