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Penetrator of the Mars 96 spacecraft

author: CNES/D.Ducros/Novapix

reference: e-son27-01102

Image Size 300 DPI: 23 * 26 cm

Cutaway of a penetrator deployed on the martian surface showing the different experiments in the forebody and in the afterbody. The forebody should be separated from the afterbody and dive several meters into the martian soil. Launched in 1996, a rocket failure happened and the probe was desintegrated in the Earth atmosphere.

Keywords for this photo:

1996 - CUTAWAY - FAILURE - ILLUSTRATION - MARS - MARS 96 - MARTIAN SURFACE - PENETRATOR - PLANET - SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT - SOIL - SPACE - SPACECRAFT - SPACEPROBE -