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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
Attacking Mars
Explanation: The Spirit rover attacked Mars again in 2005 September. What might look, above, like a military attack, though, was once again just a scientific one - Spirit was instructed to closely inspect some interesting rocks near the summit of Husband Hill . Spirit's Panoramic Camera captured the rover's Instrument Deployment Device above as moved to get a closer look at an outcrop of rocks named Hillary . The Spirit rover , and its twin rover Opportunity , have now been exploring the red planet for over three years . Both Spirit and Opportunity have found evidence that parts of Mars were once wet .
| Date | March 13, 2007 |
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| Credit | Credit: M. Di Lorenzo et al., Mars Exploration Rover Mission , Cornell U. , JPL , NASA ; Courtesy: Aviation Week |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
| A service of: |
ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |