Spirit Reaches for a Closer Look
This image taken by the front hazard-identification camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, shows the rover's robotic arm, or instrument deployment device. The arm was deployed from its stowed position beneath the "front porch" of the rover body late Thursday night Pacific time. This is the first use of the arm to deploy the microscopic imager, one of four geological instruments located on the arm. (Jan. 16)
