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Spirit Launch: June 10, 2003; Opportunity Launch: July 7, 2003; Spirit Arrival: January 3, ... Each rover weighs nearly 180 kilograms (about 400 pounds). Two and a half years after landing, both rovers are still working and have far exceeded their initial 90-day warranties on Mars. ... NASA's Mars Exploration Program...
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2003 Mars Exploration Rovers Athena Science Payload -- Mini-Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES) ... Mars Odyssey THEMIS ... Mars Education program...
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Cornell University, NASA's JPL and Bill Nye present the next mission to the planet Mars: Athena in 2003. Images, at-home experiments for kids and lesson plans compliment details of mission goals and payload. ... Mars Rovers receive go-ahead to keep roving, imaging the Red Planet ... NASA Mars Exploration Program...
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A clear consensus of experts have now identified four sites from which to select the final two landing spots for the Mars Exploration Rovers now being built for launch toward the red planet in mid-2003.
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2003 Mars Exploration Rovers. Spirit and Opportunity. Spirit launched June 10, 2003, softlanded January 4, 2004 (UT) in Gusev crater (14.82 S, 184.85 W). ...
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The rover Spirit was launched from Earth on June 10, 2003, and landed on Mars on January 4, 2004, ... A NASA artist imagines the Mars exploration rovers Spirit and Opportunity look like this on the Red Planet. Spirit landed in Gusev Crater on January 4, 2004. Opportunity landed on Meridiani Planum on January 25, 2004.
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STO covers Space from Earth to the Edge of the Universe ... A NASA artist imagines the 2003 Mars exploration rovers named Spirit and Opportunity look like this on the Red Planet. click to enlarge; Update on current events on Mars »»;
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Curriculum Vitae- Spirit, Mars Exploration Rover A; Name: Spirit, Mars Exploration Rover A; Address: "Troy," 14.6 degrees South, 175.5 degrees East, Gusev Crater, Mars, 4th Rock from the Sun >>; ... Six Years on Mars! The rovers turn 6 but Spirit faces an uncertan future.
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In 2003, two powerful new Mars rovers will be on their way to the red planet. With far greater mobility than the 1997 Mars Pathfinder rover, these robotic explorers will be able to trek up to 100 meters (about 110 yards) across ... Then they will each leave the petal structure behind, driving off to begin exploration.
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In February 2004, history was made when a specially designed diamond tool made the first of many ... NASA's twin 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers, which are exploring the surface of the planet, are equipped with the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) designed, developed, and operated by Honeybee Robotics (New York City, USA).
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