PIA05155: NASA Dedicates Martian Landmarks To Apollo 1 Crew


NASA Dedicates Martian Landmarks To Apollo 1 Crew

Caption:

An image taken from Spirit's PanCam looking west depicts the nearby hills named after the astronauts of the Apollo 1. The crew of Apollo 1 perished in flash fire during a launch pad test of their Apollo spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center, Fl. on January 27, 1967.

The inset above is an image taken by the Mars Global Surveyor's Mars Orbiter Camera of the Columbia Memorial Station and the nearby hills named after the Apollo 1 crew. "Grissom Hill" is located 7.5 kilometers (4.7 miles) to the Southwest of the rover Spirit's landing site. "White Hill" is 11.2 kilometers (7 miles) Northwest of its position and "Chaffee Hill" is 14.3 kilometers (8.9 miles) south-Southwest of Spirit.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Instrument Host Mars Global Surveyor Opportunity (MER-B), Spirit (MER-A)
Host Type Orbiter Rover
Instrument Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) Panoramic Camera (Pancam)
Detector
Extra Keywords Color
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2004-01-27
Date in Caption 1967-01-27
Image Credit JPL/NASA/Cornell
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05155
Identifier PIA05155