Expedition der Marsrover: Spirit und Opportunity - Expedition Mars - Report / Wissenschaft

CGI- Gusev Crater, Spirit's home on Mars.

JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, PASADENA, CALIF.- Technicians prepare one of the MER landers, summer 2002.

CGI- An artist's rendering of a Mars Exploration Rover.

Special-Effects Spirit on Flank of "Husband Hill" This synthetic image of the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover on the flank of "Husband Hill" was produced using "Virtual Presence in Space" technology. Developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., this technology combines visualization and image-processing tools with Hollywood-style special effects. The image was created using a photorealistic model of the rover and a false-color mosaic. The size of the rover in the image is approximately correct and was based on the size of the rover tracks in the mosaic. The mosaic was assembled from frames taken by the panoramic camera on the rover's 454th Martian day, or sol (April 13, 2005); see PIA07855. Because this synthesis provides viewers with a sense of their own "virtual presence" (as if they were there themselves), such views can be useful to mission teams in planning exploration by enhancing perspective and a sense of scale. Image note: Rover model by Dan Maas; synthetic image by Koji Kuramura, Zareh Gorjian, Mike Stetson and Eric M. De Jong.

CGI- An Artist's rendering of Spirit climbing the Columbia Hills.

MARS- A false color image to enhance details of a view of Victoria Crater, taken by Opportunity on Sol 1073.

JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, PASADENA, CALIF.- Technicians pose with the Opportunity (L) and Sojourner/Pathfinder (R) rovers, summer 2002.

Special-Effects Spirit in "Columbia Hills" This synthetic image of the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover in the "Columbia Hills" was produced using "Virtual Presence in Space" technology. Developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., this technology combines visualization and image-processing tools with Hollywood-style special effects. The image was created using a photorealistic model of the rover and an image taken by the Spirit navigation camera during the rover's 438th Martian day, or sol ( March 27, 2005); see PIA07829. The size of the rover in the image is approximately correct and was based on the size of the rover tracks in the navigation-camera image. Because this synthesis provides viewers with a sense of their own "virtual presence" (as if they were there themselves), such views can be useful to mission teams in planning exploration by enhancing perspective and a sense of scale. Image Note: Rover model by Dan Maas; synthetic image by Koji Kuramura, Zareh Gorjian, Mike Stetson and Eric M. De Jong. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

CGI- An Artist's rendering of Spirit climbing the Columbia Hills.

CGI- An Artist's rendering of Spirit climbing the Columbia Hills.

MARS- Spirit's tracks in the Columbia Hills, sol 442 (natural Mars color)

MARS- Spirit photographs is own deck after a wind gust dust cleaning event on the 586th sol, or Martian day, of exploration (Aug. 27, 2005)

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA.- Opportunity Rover launch from Cape Canaveral, July 8, 2003.