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NASA Solarsystem Collection
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NASA Solarsystem Collection
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Making Tracks on Mars
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Making Tracks on Mars
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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
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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
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01.31.2004
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Solar System Exploration
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Solar System Exploration
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SSE
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Space
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NASA
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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JPL
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Planets
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Planets
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Mars
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Mars
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Opportunity
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Opportunity
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Hazard-identificatio n Camera
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Hazard-identificatio n Camera
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Mars
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Mars
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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January 31, 2004
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January 31, 2004
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01-31-2004
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01-31-2004
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2004
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2004
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SPD-SLRSY-1223
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