Spacecraft: Surface Operations: Instruments

Science instruments are state-of-the-art tools that acquire information about the martian environment. They include:

Cameras

• Panoramic Camera (Pancam)
• Microscopic Imager (MI)
  See also the engineering cameras: Hazcams and Navcams

Spectrometers

• Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES)
• Mössbauer Spectrometer (MB)
• Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS)

Grinder

• Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
  
  

Magnets

• Magnet Array

The instruments use calibration targets, including a sundial, to determine accurate colors, brightnesses, and other information collected by the instruments.