Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Virtual Rover Drives Toward Rock
Original Caption Released with Image:
This image shows a screenshot from the software used by engineers to test and drive the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. The software simulates the rover's movements across the martian terrain, helping to plot a safe course. Here, engineers simulated Spirit's first post-egress drive on Mars Sunday. The 3-meter (10-foot) drive totaled approximately 30 minutes, including time to stop and take images. The rover drove toward its first rock target, a mountain-shaped rock called Adirondack. The blue line denotes the path of the rover's "belly button," as engineers like to call it, as the rover drove toward Adirondack. The virtual 3-D world around the rover was built from images taken by Spirit's stereo navigation cameras. Regions for which the rover has not yet acquired 3-D data are represented in beige.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL
Produced By:
JPL
Mission:
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Spacecraft:
Spirit
Target Name:
Mars
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Navigation Camera
Product Size:
1264 samples x 860 lines
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Spirit
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
STEREO
facet_what:
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
facet_what:
Navigation Camera (NC)
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Image #:
PIA05101
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA05101
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Virtual Rover Drives Toward Rock