Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Rock Dusting Leaves "Mickey Mouse" Mark
Original Caption Released with Image:
This image taken by the navigation camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the rock dubbed "Humphrey" and the circular areas on the rock that were wiped off by the rover. The rover used a brush on its rock abrasion tool to clean these spots before examining them with its miniature thermal emission spectrometer. Later, the rover drilled into the rock with its rock abrasion tool, exposing fresh rock underneath.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Cornell/USG S
Produced By:
JPL
Mission:
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Spacecraft:
Spirit
Target Name:
Mars
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
Instrument:
Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
Instrument:
Navigation Camera
Product Size:
965 samples x 957 lines
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Spectrometer
facet_what:
Spirit
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Rock Abrasion Tool
facet_what:
RAT
facet_what:
Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES)
facet_what:
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
facet_what:
Navigation Camera (NC)
facet_what:
Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES)
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Image #:
PIA05502
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA05502
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Rock Dusting Leaves "Mickey Mouse" Mark