Mars Pathfinder – Deploying APXS

This animated image is of the Mars Pathfinder rover deploying its Alpha Proton X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS). More information on APXS

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, developed and manages the Mars Pathfinder mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. JPL is an operating division of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) was developed by the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory under contract to JPL. Peter Smith is the Principal Investigator.