PIA07157: Heat Shield Impact Site


Heat Shield Impact Site

Caption:

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity gained this view of its own heat shield during the rover's 325th martian day (Dec. 22, 2004). The main structure from the successfully used shield is to the far left. Additional fragments of the heat shield lie in the upper center of the image. The heat shield's impact mark is visible just above and to the right of the foreground shadow of Opportunity's camera mast. This view is a mosaic of three images taken with the rover's navigation camera.

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 Navigation Camera (Navcam)
Detector
Extra Keywords Grayscale, Impact, Shadow
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2004-12-28
Date in Caption 2004-12-22
Image Credit NASA/JPL
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07157
Identifier PIA07157