Spirit

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Spirit was one of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers, a robotic rover that explored the Martian surface to study its geology and past environmental conditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mars rover
NASA space probe
robotic spacecraft
actualOperationalDuration over 2200 sols
alsoKnownAs MER-A
MER-A Spirit
arrivalAtMarsDate 2004-01-04
communicationSystem X-band radio
linked to: X-band
countryOfOrigin United States
designedLifetime 90 sols
firstSignalReceivedDate 2004-01-04
height 1.5 meters
instrument Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer
Hazard Avoidance Cameras
Magnet Arrays
Microscopic Imager
Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
Mössbauer Spectrometer
Navigation Cameras
Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool
landingBody Mars
landingDate 2004-01-04
landingSite Gusev crater
lastCommunicationDate 2010-03-22
launchCountry United States
launchDate 2003-06-10
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17A
launchVehicle Delta II 7925
linked to: Delta rocket
length 1.6 meters
manufacturer Jet Propulsion Laboratory
mass 185 kilograms
mission Mars Exploration Rover program
missionEndDeclared 2011-05-25
missionObjective characterize Martian rocks and soil
search for past water activity on Mars
study Martian geology
study past environmental conditions on Mars
missionStatus completed
missionType planetary rover
mobilitySystem rocker-bogie suspension
notableDiscovery evidence of past water-altered rocks
signs of hydrothermal activity
silica-rich soil deposits
officialName Mars Exploration Rover – A
linked to: Spirit rover
operator NASA
planetExplored Mars
powerSource solar panels
primaryCamera Panoramic Camera
program Mars Exploration Rover
programType uncrewed Mars exploration mission
reasonForMissionEnd loss of communication
relayVia Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Odyssey
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
spaceAgency NASA
stuckDate 2009-05
stuckLocation soft sand at Troy on Mars
twinRover Opportunity
wheelCount 6
width 2.3 meters

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Opportunity twinRover Spirit
subject linked to: Opportunity rover
Microscopic Imager partOf Spirit
Mars rovers includes Spirit