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Spirit: Egress

From left: Dave Lavery, program executive for Solar System Exploration at NASA Headquarters, Dr. Ed Weiler, associate administrator, Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters, Pete Theisinger, (former) Mars Exploration Rover project manager and JPL lab director, Dr. Charles Elachi celebrate the success of Spirit's landing and transmission of first images.

January 15, 2004

Dr. Steve Squyres, principal investigator for the science instruments on both Mars Exploration Rovers reacts to the images of Spirit leaving its lander. Pictured on the far right is the Mars Exploration Rover project manager, Richard Cook.

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