Airbag Retraction
This image shows that the Mars Pathfinder airbags have been successfully retracted, allowing safe deployment of the rover ramps. The Sojourner rover is at lower right, and rocks are visible in the background. Mars Pathfinder landed successfully on the surface of Mars today at 10:07 a.m. PDT. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00618
- Date
- 1997-07-05
- Photographer / author
- NASA/JPL
- Collection
- JPL
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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"Airbag Retraction" (1997-07-05). NASA/JPL/NASA/JPL. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA00618Need photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 23626.
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