Mars Exploration Craft Heat Shield #3
by Nasa/science Photo Library
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Mars Exploration Craft Heat Shield #3
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Nasa/science Photo Library
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Mars exploration craft heat shield. Image from NASA's Mars exploration rover Opportunity of the exterior of its craft's broken heat shield. The metallic (gold) insulation layer is also seen. The heat shield protected Opportunity on its descent to Mars. The rover spent 36 Martian days investigating the effects of the descent on the heat shield and sending images and data to engineers so they could evaluate the shield's performance. Opportunity and its sister rover Spirit were launched in the summer of 2003. Opportunity landed on Mars on 24 January 2004. Its mission is to analyse soil and rocks and search for water. Image taken on opportunity's 344th Martian day, 11 January 2005.
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February 23rd, 2021
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