Mars Exploration Rover mission

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NASA Mars mission planetary exploration mission robotic space mission

The Mars Exploration Rover mission was a NASA program that sent the twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity to Mars to study the planet’s geology and past water activity, achieving far longer and more scientifically productive operations than originally planned.

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Label Occurrences
Mars Exploration Rover program 8
Mars Exploration Rover mission canonical 6
Mars Exploration Rover 2

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA Mars mission ⓘ
planetary exploration mission ⓘ
robotic space mission ⓘ
actualMissionDuration Opportunity rover ⓘ
surface form: Opportunity operated for nearly 15 Earth years

Spirit operated for more than 6 Earth years ⓘ
communicationSystem UHF relay via Mars orbiters ⓘ
X-band direct-to-Earth ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endDate 2010-03-22 ⓘ
2018-06-10 ⓘ
followedBy Mars 2020 ⓘ
surface form: Mars 2020 mission

Mars Science Laboratory ⓘ
hasComponent Opportunity ⓘ
Spirit ⓘ
imageInstrument Navigation Camera ⓘ
Panoramic Camera ⓘ
landingSite Gusev crater ⓘ
Meridiani Planum ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17A ⓘ
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17B ⓘ
launchVehicle Delta rocket ⓘ
surface form: Delta II 7925
managingCenter Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ
missionType Mars rover mission ⓘ
surface exploration ⓘ
notableResult demonstrated long-lived solar-powered rover operations on Mars ⓘ
discovered hematite-bearing concretions nicknamed "blueberries" ⓘ
found evidence of past liquid water on Mars ⓘ
identified sedimentary rocks formed in aqueous environments ⓘ
provided long-term climate and atmospheric observations on Mars ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ
surface form: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
plannedMissionDuration 90 sols ⓘ
powerSource solar panels ⓘ
precededBy Mars Pathfinder ⓘ
primaryObjective investigate past water activity on Mars ⓘ
search for signs of past habitability ⓘ
study Martian geology ⓘ
program Mars Exploration Program ⓘ
scienceDiscipline astrobiology ⓘ
planetary geology ⓘ
scienceInstrument X-ray Spectrometer ⓘ
surface form: Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer

Microscopic Imager ⓘ
Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer ⓘ
Mössbauer Spectrometer ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
spacecraftBus Mars Exploration Rover mission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mars Exploration Rover
startDate 2003-06-10 ⓘ
2003-07-07 ⓘ
status completed ⓘ
targetBody Mars ⓘ
technologyDemonstration airbag-assisted landing system ⓘ
autonomous navigation on Mars ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory → notableProject → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ
Mars Exploration Rover mission → spacecraftBus → Mars Exploration Rover mission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mars Exploration Rover
Mars Pathfinder → influencedMission → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ
APXS → usedByMission → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ
Spirit rover → fullName → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ
subject surface form: Spirit
this entity surface form: Mars Exploration Rover – A
Spirit rover → mission → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ
subject surface form: Spirit
this entity surface form: Mars Exploration Rover program
Opportunity rover → mission → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ
subject surface form: Opportunity
this entity surface form: Mars Exploration Rover program
Opportunity rover → program → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ
subject surface form: Opportunity
this entity surface form: Mars Exploration Rover program
Opportunity rover → team → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ
subject surface form: Opportunity
this entity surface form: Mars Exploration Rover science team
Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex → usedForMission → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mars Exploration Rovers
Jim Bell → notableProject → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ
Husband Hill on Mars → missionProgram → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ
subject surface form: Husband Hill
this entity surface form: Mars Exploration Rover program
Husband Hill on Mars → namedBy → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ
subject surface form: Husband Hill
this entity surface form: NASA Mars Exploration Rover team
Spirit → mission → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mars Exploration Rover program
Spirit → program → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mars Exploration Rover
Opportunity → partOf → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mars Exploration Rover program
Opportunity → program → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mars Exploration Rover program
Meridiani Planum → hostedMission → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: NASA Mars Exploration Rover mission
Panoramic Camera → developedForMission → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mars Exploration Rover program
Navigation Camera → partOf → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ
Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer → operatedBy → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mars Exploration Rover science team
Microscopic Imager → partOf → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ