As Spirit descended onto Mars' surface on Jan. 3, it performed a series of entry, descent and landing actions, leaving visible marks on the surface of Mars. This "path" of Spirit's descent can be seen labeled in this image. This image is a composite of images taken by the camera on Mars Global Surveyor and Spirit's descent image motion estimation s
As Spirit descended onto Mars’ surface on Jan. 3, it performed a series of entry, descent and landing actions, leaving visible marks on the surface of Mars. This “path” of Spirit’s descent can be seen labeled in this image. This image is a composite of images taken by the camera on Mars Global Surveyor and Spirit’s descent image motion estimation system (DIMES) camera.Photo Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell+ High Resolution Photo+ Complete Mars Exploration Rover Image Collection+ View Spirit’s First Photos