Following a long drive, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this backwards glance at its tracks across the landscape on sol 90 of its mission (April 4, 2004). The image is from Spirit's navigation camera.
Name | Value | Additional Values |
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Target | Mars | |
System | ||
Target Type | Planet | |
Mission | Mars Exploration Rover (MER) | |
Instrument Host | Spirit (MER-A) | |
Host Type | Rover | |
Instrument | Navigation Camera (Navcam) | |
Detector | ||
Extra Keywords | Grayscale | |
Acquisition Date | ||
Release Date | 2004-04-08 | |
Date in Caption | 2004-04-04 | |
Image Credit | NASA/JPL/MSSS/New Mexico Museum of Natural History | |
Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05721 | |
Identifier | PIA05721 |