Spirit - NASA Science
Jun 10, 2003 · NASA's Spirit rover—and its twin, Opportunity—studied the history of climate and water at sites on Mars where conditions may once have been favorable to life. Spirit …
Spirit (rover) - Wikipedia
Spirit, also known as MER-A (Mars Exploration Rover – A) or MER-2, is a Mars robotic rover, active from 2004 to 2010. [4] Spirit was operational on Mars for 2208 sols or 3.3 Martian years …
Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit and Opportunity - NASA Science
This infographic highlights NASA’s twin robot geologists, the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) Spirit and Opportunity. The rovers landed on the Red Planet in 2004, in search of answers …
Mars Rover Spirit - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Jun 10, 2003 · One of two rovers launched in 2003 to explore Mars and search for signs of past life, Spirit far outlasted her planned 90-day mission, lasting over six years. Among her myriad …
Spirit and Opportunity are identical twin robotic rov-ers that have gone far beyond their original scientific objectives to rewrite our understanding of the early his-tory of Mars.
20 Years After Landing: How NASA’s Twin Rovers Changed Mars …
Jan 17, 2024 · In January 2004, twin NASA rovers named Spirit and Opportunity touched down on opposite sides of Mars, kicking off a new era of interplanetary robotic exploration. They arrived …
The Mars Rovers: Spirit and Opportunity - NASA Space Place
5 days ago · Spirit and Opportunity were sent to Mars to find more clues about the history of water there, and to see if the Red Planet could ever have supported life. To do this, scientists sent …
Mars Exploration Rover - Wikipedia
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 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 …
Science Highlights - NASA Science
Here are some of the rovers' most significant discoveries about the Red Planet: The small spherules on the Martian surface in this close-up image are near Fram Crater, visited by …
Spirit’s Triumphs on Mars - Science@NASA
May 25, 2011 · One of the things that characterized Spirit on the surface of Mars, was the ability of that rover to turn lemons into lemonade. A couple years into the mission, Spirit's right front …
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