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Collection:
NASA Solarsystem Collection
title:
Making Tracks on Mars
description:
This image captured by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's rear hazard-identificatio n camera shows the now-empty lander that carried the rover 283 million miles to Meridiani Planum, Mars.

Engineers received confirmation that Opportunity's six wheels successfully rolled off the lander and onto martian soil at 3:01 a.m. PST, January 31, 2004, on the seventh martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rover is approximately 1 meter (3 feet) in front of the lander, facing north.

Immediate science results from the rover indicated that the site does indeed have a type of mineral, crystalline hematite, that was the principal reason the site was selected for exploration.

*Image Credit*: NASA/JPL
date:
01.31.2004
keywords:
Solar System Exploration
keywords:
SSE
keywords:
Space
keywords:
NASA
keywords:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
keywords:
JPL
keywords:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
keywords:
Planets
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Opportunity
facet_what:
Hazard-identificatio n Camera
facet_what:
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
January 31, 2004
facet_when:
01-31-2004
facet_when_year:
2004
UID:
SPD-SLRSY-1223
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Making Tracks on Mars