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PHOTO CAPTION                    MRPS #80895                               
                              July 6, 1997  (Sol 3)  
                              Pathfinder Rear Ramp 

     Mars Pathfinder's rear rover ramp can be seen successfully 
unfurled in this image, taken at the end of Sol 2 by the Imager 
for Mars Pathfinder (IMP). This ramp was later used for the 
deployment of the microrover Sojourner, which occurred at the end 
of Sol 2. Areas of a lander petal and deflated airbag are visible 
at left. The image helped Pathfinder scientists determine that 
the rear ramp was the one to use for rover deployment.  At upper 
right is the rock dubbed "Barnacle Bill," which Sojourner will 
later study.

     Mars Pathfinder is the second in NASA's Discovery program of low-
cost spacecraft with highly focused science goals. The Jet 
Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, developed and manages the 
Mars Pathfinder mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, 
Washington, D.C.  

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