Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Confirming Predictions
Original Caption Released with Image:
This map highlights the path that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has traveled and will continue to travel toward the "Columbia Hills." As of today, sol 114 (April 28, 2004), Spirit has driven about 1,315 meters (.82 miles). Light patches of color surrounding various craters are areas that were predicted to be material ejected from those craters. The predictions were based on observatons from orbit. Spirit's observations of the rocks and soils along this route so far confirm those predictions. The map comprises data from the camera on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter and the thermal emission imaging system on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/MSSS/ASU/Ne w Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Produced By:
JPL
Mission:
2001 Mars Odyssey
Mission:
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mission:
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Spacecraft:
Spirit
Spacecraft:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Spacecraft:
2001 Mars Odyssey
Target Name:
Mars
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Thermal Emission Imaging System
Instrument:
Mars Orbiter Camera
Product Size:
671 samples x 455 lines
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Spirit
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
2001 Mars Odyssey
facet_what:
Surveyor
facet_what:
Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS)
facet_what:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
facet_what:
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
facet_what:
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
facet_what:
Columbia
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
New Mexico
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
April 28, 2004
facet_when_year:
2004
Image #:
PIA05836
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA05836
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Confirming Predictions