Sojourner has made contact with the rock Yogi in this image, taken with
the Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) at 8:45 p.m. PDT on Sol 6. The rover's
left rear wheel has driven up onto the Yogi's surface in an attempt to get
as close as possible to the rock's surface. Sojourner will later use its
Alpha Proton X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) instrument to conduct a study of
Yogi's chemical composition. |
A view from the Sojourner rover's rear color camera showing wheel tracks
in the orange-red martian soil. |