PIA05329: Halfway There


Halfway There

Caption:

This map shows the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's travels since arriving on the red planet Jan. 3, 2004 PST. Spirit is on its way to a large crater nicknamed "Bonneville." On the 45th day, or sol, of its mission (Feb.18, 2004), it stopped off at the shallow depression dubbed "Laguna Hollow" to investigate the fine-grained soil contained there. The rover is not far from Bonneville's ejecta, the blanket of material expelled from the crater when it was hit by whatever celestial object created it. So far, Spirit has traveled about 120 meters from its lander. Data within the yellow box represent a digital map made of images taken by rover's panoramic and navigation cameras. Data outside this box are a composite of images from the rover's descent image motion estimation system camera and the orbiter Mars Global Surveyor.

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 Spirit (MER-A)
Host Type Orbiter Rover
Instrument Descent Image Motion Estimation System (DIMES) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
Detector
Extra Keywords Color, Crater, Map
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2004-02-19
Date in Caption 2004-01-03
Image Credit NASA/JPL/Cornell/MSSS/OSU/New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05329
Identifier PIA05329