PIA01583: Sojourner's Farthest Journey - Right Eye

Target Name: Mars Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun) Mission: Mars Pathfinder (MPF) Spacecraft: Mars Pathfinder Lander Instrument: Imager for Mars Pathfinder Product Size: 480 samples x 244 lines Produced By: JPL Producer ID: N/A Addition Date: 1999-07-02 Primary Data Set: MARS_PATHFINDER_PAGE Full-Res TIFF: PIA01583.tif (124.1 kB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA01583.jpg (31.93 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image: Noontime on Sol 75 (September 18). The rover's middle right wheel is raised above the surface. Sojourner is over 12 m from the lander, a mission record. The image was taken by the Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP). This image and PIA01582(left eye) make up a stereo pair. Mars Pathfinder is the second in NASA's Discovery program of low-cost spacecraft with highly focused science goals. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, developed and manages the Mars Pathfinder mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. JPL is an operating division of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) was developed by the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory under contract to JPL. Peter Smith is the Principal Investigator. Image Credit: NASA/JPL