PIA01560: Sojourner's APXS at Moe - Left Eye
Sojourner's APXS at Moe - Left 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: 459 samples x 248 lines
Produced By: JPL
Producer ID: N/A
Addition Date: 1999-07-02
Primary Data Set: MARS_PATHFINDER_PAGE
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Original Caption Released with Image:
The Sojourner rover's Alpha Proton X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) is shown deployed against the rock "Moe" on the afternoon of Sol 64 (September 7). The rocks to the left of Moe are "Shark" (left of Sojourner) and "Half Dome" (behind Sojourner). They were previously measured by the APXS. The image was taken by the Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP).

This image and PIA00966(right 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).

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
1999-07-02