Spirit (rover)
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Spirit, also known as MER-A or MER-2, is a Mars robotic rover, active from 2004 to 2010. Spirit was operational on Mars for 2208 sols or 3.3 Martian years. It was one of two rovers of NASA's Mars Expl
The Mars Exploration Rover-2 (MER-2) during testing for mobility and maneuverability
Delta II lifting off with MER-A on June 10, 2003
Annotated Columbia Hills panorama from the Spirit landing site
An overall view of MER-A Spirit landing site (denoted with a star)
Mars Exploration Rover
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission was a robotic space mission involving two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, exploring the planet Mars. It began in 2003 with the launch of the two rovers to ex
Spirit (rover)
…from 2004 to 2010. Spirit was operational on Mars for 2208 sols or 3.3 Martian years (2269 days; 6 years, 77 days). It was one of two rovers of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Spirit landed successfully within the impact crater Gusev on Mars at 04:35 Ground UTC on January…
Artist's conception of MER rovers on Mars
Launch of MER-B Opportunity
Spirit and Opportunity by the numbers