Opportunity on Its Own Target Name:   Mars Spacecraft:   Opportunity Instrument:   Hazard Identification Camera Produced by:   NASA/JPL/Cornell Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Date Released:  31 January 2004

• Opportunity Rolls Onto Martian Ground
• Mars Exploration Rover Mission
• Opportunity Rover
• Mars

This image captured by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's rear hazard-identification camera shows the now-empty lander that carried the rover 283 million miles to Meridiani Planum, Mars. Engineers received confirmation that Opportunity's six wheels successfully rolled off the lander and onto martian soil at 3:01 a.m. PST, January 31, 2004, on the seventh martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rover is approximately 1 meter (3 feet) in front of the lander, facing north.