Articles tagged: MER

• November 2017 Roving the red planet

  ...be missed, the fact that the two Mars Exploration Rovers (MERs), Spirit and Opportunity, and the Mars Science Laboratory rover, ... been a Participating Scientist on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Mission since 2002. He is also involved in several ...

  • mars
  • MER
  • Opportunity
  • rover
  Authors: Bill Farrand    
• July 2018 The rise of interplanetary CubeSats

  ... of panoramic cameras on the surface of Mars. The mission set the stage for the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) Spirit and Opportunity, Mars Phoenix, the Mars Science Laboratory and the upcoming Mars 2020 rovers...

  • CubeSat
  • interplanetary
  • MarCO
  • mother-daughter architecture
  Authors: Jekan Thanga    
• 14 February 2019 NASA says a final goodbye to Opportunity

  ... a signal is far too low to continue recovery efforts," said John Callas, manager of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) project at JPL. Opportunity landed in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars on Jan. 24, 2004, seven months after its...

  • mars
  • NASA's Goldstone Deep Space Complex
  • Opportunity