Spirit Takes Pictures of Its Underside

After becoming stuck in the loose Martian soil of the Troy region, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Spirit has recently taken its first pictures of its underside, in a move that has been simulated back on Earth, and with its twin robot Opportunity as well. At this point, researchers h... [ read more >> ]

This is the panoramic image that Spirit's mission controllers are working with to see if the protruding mold in the center picture is a rock or simply dust

Image comment: This is the panoramic image that Spirit's mission controllers are working with to see if the protruding mold in the center picture is a rock or simply dust
Image credits: NASA / JPL Caltech / USGS

This is the panoramic image that Spirit's mission controllers are working with to see if the protruding mold in the center picture is a rock or simply dust
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