Rover Rehearses Roll-Off at JPL
Caption:
Footage from the JPL In-Situ Instruments Laboratory, or "testbed," shows engineers rehearsing a crucial maneuver called egress in which the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit rolls off its lander platform and touches martian soil. Engineers at JPL used a test rover to perform this maneuver as if they were at the rover's landing site, Gusev Crater on Mars. Spirit successfully completed its roll-off early Thursday morning.
Cataloging Keywords:
Name |
Value |
Additional Values |
Target |
Mars |
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System |
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Target Type |
Planet |
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Mission |
Mars Exploration Rover (MER) |
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Instrument Host |
Spirit (MER-A) |
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Host Type |
Rover |
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Instrument |
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Detector |
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Extra Keywords |
Color, Crater |
Acquisition Date |
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Release Date |
2004-01-15 |
Date in Caption |
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Image Credit |
NASA/JPL |
Source |
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05087 |
Identifier |
PIA05087 |