Mars Exploration Rover
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover spacecraft family comprised the nearly identical solar-powered Spirit and Opportunity rovers. Each golf-cart-sized rover carried panoramic and microscopic cameras, spectrometers, a rock-abrasion tool, and autonomous-navigation systems to investigate Martian geology and evidence of past water.
Identity
- Aliases
- MER roverMER
- Family Name
- Mars Exploration Rover
- Full Name
- Mars Exploration Rover
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- mars-exploration-rover
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover spacecraft family comprised the nearly identical solar-powered Spirit and Opportunity rovers. Each golf-cart-sized rover carried panoramic and microscopic cameras, spectrometers, a rock-abrasion tool, and autonomous-navigation systems to investigate Martian geology and evidence of past water.
- First Flight Year
- 2,003
- Last Flight Year
- 2,019
- Operator Id
- vh76vnx3yy1vy23j7zc3wk80wx7nhx5f
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mer/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/14/2026, 9:43:58 PM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 9:43:58 PM