Mission / Mars

Spirit & Opportunity (MER)

NASA / JPL · 2003–2019 · also Mars Exploration Rovers, MER, Spirit, Opportunity

Twin Mars Exploration Rovers that landed in 2004; Opportunity drove more than 45 km and pioneered visual odometry and autonomous driving on Mars.

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5 papers naming Spirit & Opportunity

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K. R. Fisher, F. Qian, D. Jerolmack, F. Rivera-Hernandez +5 moreLPSC 2023Mar 13, 2023

Mar 13, 2023

W. H. Farrand, J. R. Johnson, Bell, J. F. III, D.W. MittlefehldtLPSC 2016Mar 21, 2016

Mar 21, 2016

D. W. Mittlefehldt, R. Gellert, R. E. Arvidson, Bell, J. F. III +6 moreLPSC 2014Mar 17, 2014

Mar 17, 2014

K. S. Edgett, R. A. Yingst, M. E. Minitti, M. L. Robinson +11 moreLPSC 2013Mar 18, 2013

Mar 18, 2013

R. B. Anderson, R. V. Morris, S. M. Clegg, Bell, J. F. III +2 moreLPSC 2011Jan 1, 2011

Jan 1, 2011