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Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT). An NASA computer generated image demonstrating the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) on the rover's robotic arm. The RAT grinds away the rock's surface, allowing scientific instruments to analyze the rock's interior.
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT). An NASA computer generated image demonstrating the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) on the rover's robotic arm. The RAT grinds away the rock's surface, allowing scientific instruments to analyze the rock's interior. Full Story
Martian Horizon. This is a portion of the first color image captured by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. Photo by NASA/JPL.
First 3-D Panorama of Spirit's Landing Site. This sprawling look at the martian landscape surrounding the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is the first 3-D stereo image from the rover's navigation camera. A surface depression nicknamed
Mars Exploration Rover (MER). An NASA computer generated image of what the Spirit rover would look like on the surface of Mars, before it starts taking rock samples with it's extendable arm. The NASA Spirit rover probe landed on Mars on Sunday, 04 January 2004, in search of signs that the planet was once capable of supporting life. Photo by NASA.
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT). An NASA computer generated image demonstrating the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) on the rover's robotic arm. The RAT grinds away the rock's surface, allowing scientific instruments to analyze the rock's interior.
First Color Image from Spirit. This is the first color image of Mars taken by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. It is the highest resolution image ever taken on the surface of another planet. Photo by NASA/JPL.
Mars Exploration Rover (MER). A picture of a model of the Mars Exploration Rover taken on Sunday, January 2004, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. Spirit is the first of two golf-cart-sized rovers headed for Mars landings in January. The Rovers will seek evidence about whether the environment in the two regions might once have been capable of supporting life. Photo by NASA /ARMANDO ARORIZO.
First Look at Spirit on Mars. This mosaic image taken by the navigation camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has been further processed, resulting in a significantly improved 360 degree panoramic view of the rover on the surface of Mars. Photo by NASA/JPL.
 
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