Dear Martians!
Before you start the repairing process, you have to learn the details of Mars Rovers and their components. Each rover is equipped with various scientific instruments, which are used to acquire specialized information about the conditions on the Red Planet.Today’s post will focus on the Spirit and Opportunity’s Pancam Mast Assembly, which looks like the rover’s “neck and head”.
Pancam (also known as Panoramic Camera) consists two digital cameras used to take 3D panoramic pictures of the Martian landscape.
The instrument is also used to create a map of the area where the rover lands, which helps with the search for interesting rocks and soil to analyze.
Navcams are black-and-white cameras that used a visible light to take panoramic 3D images. The Navcam is a stereo pair of cameras, each with a 45-degree field of view to support ground navigation planning.
Mini-TES (Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer) - measures the different spectrums of infrared light, or heat, emitted from different minerals in rocks and soils. Mini-TES is also used to look for minerals which formed in the presence of water.
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