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Virtual Rover Deploys Arm

This image taken by the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit highlights the first patch of soil examined by the rover's microscopic imager in 2004.
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Credits: NASA/JPL
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This image taken by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit highlights the first patch of soil examined by the rover's microscopic imager. The imager is located on the rover's instrument deployment device, or "arm." The rover can be seen to the right. Engineers first deployed the arm early Friday morning, Jan. 16, 2004.