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Mars: Opportunity's Heat Shield

by

Nasa/JPL/Novapix

Reference

a-mar08-50120

Date

2006-10-19

This image from the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity features the remains of the heat shield that protected the rover from temperatures of up to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit as it made its way through the martian atmosphere. This two-frame mosaic was taken on the rover's 335th martian day, or sol, (Jan. 2, 2005).