{"id":275096,"date":"2024-03-08T04:35:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T12:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=327860"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:57:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:57:47","slug":"today-marks-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-most-famous-image-of-the-mars-rover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/today-marks-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-most-famous-image-of-the-mars-rover\/","title":{"rendered":"Today marks the 20th anniversary of the most famous image of the Mars Rover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The rover, Spirit, landed on the Martian surface in January 2004<\/strong>. Shortly after landing in the Gusev crater on Mars, Spirit wasted no time in sending images of its new surroundings. A couple of months later, it took a breathtaking image that offered a view of Earth with great significance.<\/p>\n\n\n

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“Shortly before dawn on March 8, the Spirit camera managed to capture Earth as a bright star, looking very similar to Venus for terrestrial observers. This was the first photograph of Earth from another planetary surface,” NASA said in an article published this week on its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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20 years ago #Today<\/a>, Mars rover Spirit took the first picture ever of Earth from the surface of another planet

[? NASA\/JPL\/Cornell\/Texas A&M] pic.twitter.com\/YvSMKOeBAy<\/a><\/p>— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) March 8, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>