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Spirit on Martian Surface Looking Forward

JPL engineers played Baha Men's "Who Let the Dogs Out" in the control room as they watched new images confirming that the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit successfully rolled off its lander platform early Thursday morning. This image from the front hazard identification camera shows a fisheye lens view of the martian landscape from its new position 1 meter (3 feet) northwest of the lander. One of the Spirit's next tasks will be to locate the Sun with its panoramic camera and calculate from the Sun's position how to point its main antenna toward Earth.

A smaller version of this photo was included in the article:
Spirit Successfully on Martian Soil - January 15, 2004

 

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