PIA12352: Sandbox Testing to Prepare for Driving Spirit


Sandbox Testing to Prepare for Driving Spirit

Caption:

Rover-team members at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., check slight movements by a test rover during tests simulating the challenge of getting NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit out of a sand trap on Mars. From left: Alfonso Herrera, Matt Van Kirk, Mike Seibert, Brenda Franklin.

Background Info:

To see updates on the efforts to free the Spirit rover, visit the JPL Free Spirit website.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Instrument Host Spirit (MER-A)
Host Type Rover
Instrument
Detector
Extra Keywords Color
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2009-11-12
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA12352
Identifier PIA12352