This image shows the route that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has driven inside Gusev Crater from its first Martian day (sol 1) to its 680th sol (Dec. 1, 2005), more than a complete Martian year. The underlying image (previously released as PIA07849) is a mosaic of images from the Mars Orbiter Camera on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter. The scale bar at lower left is 500 meters (0.31 mile). As of sol 680, Spirit had driven a total of 5,495 meters (3.41 miles).
Name | Value | Additional Values |
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Target | Mars | |
System | ||
Target Type | Planet | |
Mission | Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) | Mars Exploration Rover (MER) |
Instrument Host | Mars Global Surveyor | Spirit (MER-A) |
Host Type | Orbiter | Rover |
Instrument | Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) | |
Detector | ||
Extra Keywords | Color, Crater, Map | |
Acquisition Date | ||
Release Date | 2005-12-05 | |
Date in Caption | 2005-12-01 | |
Image Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/USGS/NMMNHS | |
Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA03624 | |
Identifier | PIA03624 |