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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mars Exploration Rover	1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Mars Pathfinder → influencedMission → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ

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

APXS → usedByMission → Mars Exploration Rover mission ⓘ