Press Release Images: Spirit

23-Apr-2009 Spirit Resumes Driving While Analysis of Problem Behaviors Continues Full Press Release 'Von Braun' Mound in Spirit's Drive Direction NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit used its navigation camera to capture this view of the terrain toward the southeast from the location Spirit reached on the 1,871st Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission on Mars (April 8, 2009). The mound on the horizon in the upper left is informally called "Von Braun" and is one of the features that rover team has designated as a possible investigation site in future months. From the location where Spirit was when the image was taken, Von Braun is about 160 meters (525 feet) away. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Browse Image | Large Image (175 kB)

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