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PIA05092: Spirit Reaches Out at JPL
Spirit Reaches Out at JPL
Mission: Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Spacecraft: Spirit
Product Size: 1920 samples x 1080 lines
Produced By: JPL
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Footage taken at the JPL In-Situ Instruments Laboratory, or "testbed," shows engineers practicing the deployment of the test rover's robotic arm before doing the real thing with the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit at Gusev Crater on Mars. Spirit successfully deployed its robotic arm, which carries four geological instruments, over martian soil early Friday morning. (1/16)
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/US Geological Survey

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