The robot rover Sojourner sees Mars from the perspective of a house cat . In this mosaic of images Sojourner's cameras look back on its mother ship, now the Sagan Memorial Station , which seems to loom above it. The deployment ramp is visible along with deflated airbags, instrumentation masts and tracks left in the martian soil by the robot's six cleated 5-inch aluminum wheels. Human operators select Sojourner's targets but the robot rover is relied on to navigate to its destination autonomously . Click here to download a movie gif of Sojourner creeping toward Yogi.
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