Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Tests to Help Plan Opportunity Moves
Original Caption Released with Image:
Rover engineers check how a test rover moves in material chosen to simulate some difficult Mars driving conditions. The scene is inside the In-Situ Instrument Laboratory at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. These tests in early May 2005 were designed to help plan the best way for the rover Opportunity to drive off of a soft-sand dune that the rover dug itself into the previous week. The mixture of sandy and powdery material brought in for these specific tests matched the way the soil underneath Opportunity caked onto wheels, filling the spaces between the cleats on the wheels.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL
Produced By:
JPL
Mission:
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Spacecraft:
Mars Exploration Rover 1
Product Size:
3008 samples x 2000 lines
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Opportunity
facet_what:
Mars Exploration Rover 1
facet_what:
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
May 2005
facet_when_year:
2005
Image #:
PIA07896
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA07896
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Tests to Help Plan Opportunity Moves