These video clips were taken during an Operations Readiness Test in
August, 2003 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Using operations
facilities in another building, scientists instructed the rover to drive
to a rock target and use instruments on its arm to investigate the
rock's surface. The first video provides an overhead view of the
rover's traverse and use of the IDD (Instrument Deployment Device) to
position the Microscopic Imager on the target. The MI is stepped
backwards so that a sequence of images can be taken. The second video
provides a front view of the rover traverse and arm deployment. The
test cables that are connected to the rover are for power (which will be
provided by the sun on Mars) and for data flow (which will be handled at
Mars by the Deep Space Network). Both video clips are at ten times
actual speed.
To see what the rover found,
click here.
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