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Mars Exploration Rover

(MER)
(mission to Mars with two rovers)

Mars Exploration Rover (MER) was a NASA mission to Mars with two rovers, MER-A, aka Spirit and MER-B, aka Opportunity. They landed on Mars in 2004, Spirit active until 2010 and Opportunity active until 2018. Instruments on each:


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Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Exploration_Rover
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_(rover)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_(rover)
https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mars-exploration-rover-spirit-mer-spirit
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mars-exploration-rover-opportunity-mer
https://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/missions/mer/
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/mars_exploration_rover.htm

Referenced by page:
Mars

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