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Spirit Reaches for Closer Look

Target Name:  Mars
Spacecraft:  Mars Exploration Rover
Produced by:  NASA/JPL/USGS
Copyright: NASA Copyright Free Policy
Date Released: 16 January 2004

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This image taken by the front hazard-identification camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, shows the rover's robotic arm, or instrument deployment device. The arm was deployed from its stowed position beneath the "front porch" of the rover body early Friday morning. This is the first use of the arm to deploy the microscopic imager, one of four geological instruments located on the arm. The instrument will help scientists analyze and understand martian rocks and soils by taking very high resolution, close-up images.

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