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Opportunity's Surroundings After Backwards Drive, Sol 1850 (Vertical)
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take the images combined into this 360-degree view of the rover's surroundings on the 1,850th Martian day, or sol, of its surface mission (April 7, 2009).
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Opportunity's traverse map through Sol 1942
Where are the rovers now? Opportunity's traverse map through Sol 1942.
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Spirit's traverse map until Sol 1894
Where are the rovers now? Spirit's traverse map until Sol 1894.
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Huge Dust Devil Northwest of Spirit, Sol 1919
Researchers used the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit to look for dust devils near the rover during the mission's 1,919th Martian day, or sol (May 27, 2009).
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Colorful Effect from Sequential Shots of Moving Dust Devils
While the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit was taking exposures with different color filters during the 1,919th Martian day of the rover's mission (May 27, 2009), dust devils moved across the field of view.
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Dust Devil West of Spirit, Sol 1913 (Stereo)
The navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit caught this stereo view of a dust devil during the 1,913th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission on Mars (May 21, 2009).
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Position Markers in Preparation for Test
Mars Exploration Rover team members at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., prepare an experiment on July 13, 2009, for assessing how a test rover moves when embedded in loose soil and commanded to drive backward with wheels turned.
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After a Crabwalk Test
Mars Exploration Rover team members prepare a testing setup for a subsequent experiment after an experiment driving the rover in a crablike motion, with all four corner wheels angled to the right.
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Preparing for Next Test
Mike Seibert and Sharon Laubach, engineers on the Mars Exploration Rover team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, check the exact position of a test rover in preparation for the next test of a possible maneuver for Spirit to use on Mars.
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Assessing Movement of Test Rover
After commanding five of a test rover's six wheels to drive forward, rover driver Paolo Bellutta measures how much the rover moved sideways, downslope, during the maneuver.
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Variations in Soft Soil of 'Troy' (False Color)
The soft soil exposed when wheels of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit dug into a patch of ground dubbed "Troy" exhibit variations in hue visible in this image, in which the colors have been stretched to emphasize the differences.
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Spirit's traverse map through Sol 1945
Where are the rovers now? - Spirit's traverse map through Sol 1945
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Opportunity's traverse map through Sol 1923
Where are the rovers now? - Opportunity's traverse map through Sol 1923
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Spirit's traverse map through Sol 1928
Where Are The Rovers Now? Spirit's traverse map through Sol 1928. As of Sol 1926, Spirit's total odometry remains at 7,729.93 meters (4.80 miles).
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Spirit Photographs Her Underbelly, Sol 1925
This panorama of images from the Spirit rover is helping engineers assess the rover's current state and plan her extraction from the soft soil in the region now called "Troy."
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Opportunity's traverse map through Sol 1898
Where are the rovers now? - Opportunity's traverse map through Sol 1898
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Opportunity Photographs Her Underbelly
Similar to a geologist's hand lens, the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration rovers is designed to image objects at a close distance (less than a few centimeters) at very high resolution.
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Spirit's Wheels Digging into Soft Ground, Sol 1899
Wheel slippage during attempts to extricate NASA's Mars Rover Spirit from a patch of soft ground during the preceding two weeks had partially buried the wheels.
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Spirit's traverse map through Sol 1893
As of Sol 1892 (April 29, 2009), Spirit's total odometry is 7,729.73 meters (4.80 miles).
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Spirit Slipping in Soft Ground, Sol 1889
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit slipped in soft ground during short backward drives on the 1,886th and 1,889th Martian days, or sols, of the rover's mission on Mars (April 23 and 26, 2009).