PIA05841: Opportunity at Time of Full Mission Success


Opportunity at Time of Full Mission Success

Caption:

Animation software used by engineers for planning rover drives portrays the location of the NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on April 26, 2004, at the successful completion of 90 sols of operating on Mars, the amount of time set in advance for the rover's primary mission. The scene is from the panoramic camera, with the crater dubbed "Endurance" on the horizon, still a few days' drives away.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Instrument Host Opportunity (MER-B)
Host Type Rover
Instrument Panoramic Camera (Pancam)
Detector
Extra Keywords Color, Crater
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2004-04-29
Date in Caption 2004-04-26
Image Credit NASA/JPL/Ames
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05841
Identifier PIA05841