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"Six wheels on soil!" The above image was taken by the IMP camera on July 5, 1997. Sojourner's descent down the rear rover deployment ramp was successful. The microrover's seven month journey from Earth to Mars is complete. The soil beneath Sojourner (with tracks showing behind the right rear wheel) will be the first target of the Alpha Proton X-Ray Spectrometer (copied from http://mars.sgi.com/default.html).
This 360-degree photomosaic was taken by the IMP camera on July 4,
1997. The foreground is dominated by the lander, newly entitled the
Sagan Memorial Station. All three petals have been fully deployed. Upon
one of the petals is the Sojourner microrover in its stowed position. The
metallic cylinders at either end of Sojourner are the rover deployment
ramps. Visible at the rear end (right) of the rover is the Alpha Proton
X-Ray Spectrometer. Located to the right of the center petal is a dark,
circular object and a bright, metallic object. Both are components of the
high gain antenna. The black post, bull's-eye rings, and small shaded
blocks in the far right portion of the image are components of the
calibration targets.
Terrain of Ares Vallis is in the background. The sections of soil and the
large rocks surrounding the Sagan Memorial Station will provide the rover
with numerous opportunities to employ the Alpha Proton X-Ray Spectrometer.
The prominent hills in the background will aid scientists in determining the exact
site of the Sagan Memorial Station (copied from http://mars.sgi.com/ops/other.html).
Virtual Reality Models (copied from http://mars.sgi.com/vrml/vrml.html):
VRML of the lander (~200kB)
VRML of the lander and the rover (~650kB)
(last changes: 6/Jul/97, Ch. Lindenbeck)
(~800kB)