COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Record
Title:
Sojourner Rover View of Platy Fragments near Pop-Tart
Original Caption Released with Image:
Sojourner's excavations brought materials to the surface for examination and allowed estimates of the mechanical properties of the deposits. This image is of a 7 cm wide excavation through the veneer of a drift. The platy fragment or piece of crust (upper right) was displaced by the rover wheel. NOTE: original caption as published in Science Magazine 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 a division of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
Addition Date:
1998-01-07
Produced By:
JPL
Mission:
Mars Pathfinder (MPF)
Spacecraft:
Mars Pathfinder Rover
Target Name:
Mars
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Rover Cameras
Product Size:
288 samples x 288 lines
Primary Data Set:
MARS_PATHFINDER_PAGE
Producer ID:
P49709 MRPS86815
facet_what:
MPF
facet_where:
California
facet_when:
December, 1997
facet_when_year:
1997
Image #:
PIA01139
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA01139