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Spirit
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- Launched
- 10 Jun 200317:58:47 UTC
- Last contact
- 22 Mar 2010
- End declared
- 25 May 2011
- Duration
- 6 years 9 months
One of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers, which explored Gusev crater for more than six years and found evidence that hot water once flowed there.
Milestones
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Launch10 Jun 2003Lands in Gusev crater4 Jan 2004Last contact22 Mar 2010
2004200520062007200820092010 Spacecraft
Golf-cart-sized, six-wheeled rover with a panoramic camera and a robotic arm for studying rocks up close.
- Launch mass
- 174 kg
- Size
- 1.4 m × 1 m, span 1.4 m
- Power
- Solar
- Last contact
- 22 Mar 2010
- End declared
- 25 May 2011
- Designator
- 2003-027A
Mission details from science.nasa.gov.
