PIA04314: Six Wheels on the Soil


Six Wheels on the Soil

Caption:

These stills are from the first rover movie which showed the rover being deployed and touching down on the Martian surface.

Background Info:

Photojournal note: Sojourner spent 83 days of a planned seven-day mission exploring the Martian terrain, acquiring images, and taking chemical, atmospheric and other measurements. The final data transmission received from Pathfinder was at 10:23 UTC on September 27, 1997. Although mission managers tried to restore full communications during the following five months, the successful mission was terminated on March 10, 1998.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Pathfinder (MPF)
Instrument Host Mars Pathfinder Lander
Host Type Lander
Instrument Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP)
Detector
Extra Keywords Atmosphere, Grayscale
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2003-03-11
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL/Caltech
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA04314
Identifier PIA04314