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Preparing a Test Mixture
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Caption:
Rover team members Kim Lichtenberg (left) and Mike Seibert fill a mixer with powdered clay and diatomaceous earth, a combination found to offer physical properties similar to the soil where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is embedded on Mars. The team finished mixing the test soil and preparing a sloped testing area on June 29, 2009, with plans for driving the test rover into it on June 30.
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 | 2009-06-30 | |
| Date in Caption | 2009-06-29 | |
| Image Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA12099 | |
| Identifier | PIA12099 | |
