Mars Exploration Rover

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 the two rovers to explore the Martian surface and geology; both landed on Mars at separate locations in January 2004. Both rovers far outlived their planned missions of 90 Martian solar days: MER-A Spirit was active until March 22, 2010, while MER-B Opportunity was active until June 10, 2018.

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MER; Mars Exploration Rover Mission
uncrewed spaceflight, NASA program, 

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Mars Rover Opportunity Mission Status

Mars rovers flight plans

MER antennas

Opportunity Lander Petals PIA04848

Curiosity and previous

Media outreach by NASA for their missions

MER antennas

Media outreach by NASA for their missions

Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1) at Kennedy Space Center

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• The Mars Exploration Rover Surface Mobility Flight Software: Driving Ambition - scientific article, Q1860, 2006, online
• Monocular Visual Odometry for Mars Exploration Rovers - conference paper published in 2012, Q1860, online
• Simultaneous observations of the Martian atmosphere by Planetary Fourier Spectrometer on Mars Express and Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer on Mars Exploration Rover - scholarly article, Q1860, 2009, online
• MER press briefing - , 2003
• First Landing Site Workshop for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers - book published in 2003, English

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Mars Rover Opportunity Mission Status		Commons
commons	image		Mars rovers flight plans		Commons
commons	image		MER antennas		Commons
commons	image		Opportunity Lander Petals PIA04848		Commons
commons	image		Curiosity and previous		Commons
commons	image		Media outreach by NASA for their missions		Commons
commons	image		MER antennas		Commons
commons	image		Media outreach by NASA for their missions		Commons
commons	image		Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1) at Kennedy Space Center		Commons
commons	image		KSC-03PD-0230		Commons