Spirit

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Spirit was one of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers, a robotic rover that explored the Martian surface to study its geology and past environmental conditions.

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Spirit canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mars rover
NASA space probe
robotic spacecraft
actualOperationalDuration over 2200 sols
alsoKnownAs MER-A
MER-A Spirit
arrivalAtMarsDate 2004-01-04
communicationSystem X-band
surface form: X-band radio
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designedLifetime 90 sols
firstSignalReceivedDate 2004-01-04
height 1.5 meters
instrument APXS (Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer)
surface form: Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer

Hazard Avoidance Cameras
Magnet Arrays
Microscopic Imager
Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
Mössbauer Spectrometer
Navigation Cameras
Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool
landingBody Mars
landingDate 2004-01-04
landingSite Gusev crater
lastCommunicationDate 2010-03-22
launchCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
launchDate 2003-06-10
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17A
launchVehicle Delta rocket
surface form: Delta II 7925
length 1.6 meters
manufacturer Jet Propulsion Laboratory
mass 185 kilograms
mission Mars Exploration Rover mission
surface form: Mars Exploration Rover program
missionEndDeclared 2011-05-25
missionObjective characterize Martian rocks and soil
search for past water activity on Mars
study Martian geology
study past environmental conditions on Mars
missionStatus completed
missionType planetary rover
mobilitySystem rocker-bogie suspension
notableDiscovery evidence of past water-altered rocks
signs of hydrothermal activity
silica-rich soil deposits
officialName Spirit rover
surface form: Mars Exploration Rover – A
operator NASA
planetExplored Mars
powerSource solar panels
primaryCamera Panoramic Camera
program Mars Exploration Rover mission
surface form: Mars Exploration Rover
programType uncrewed Mars exploration mission
reasonForMissionEnd loss of communication
relayVia Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Odyssey mission
surface form: Mars Odyssey

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
spaceAgency NASA
stuckDate 2009-05
stuckLocation soft sand at Troy on Mars
twinRover Opportunity
wheelCount 6
width 2.3 meters

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Opportunity rover twinRover Spirit
subject surface form: Opportunity
Microscopic Imager partOf Spirit
Mars rovers includes Spirit