The Flickr Marsexplorationrover Image Generatr

Description: A trail of smoke is all that identifies the Delta II rocket with the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit aboard as it hurtles into space. Liftoff occurred on time at 1:58 p.m. EDT June 10, 2003, from Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Spirit was the first of two rovers launched to Mars in the summer of 2003. Spirit and its twin, Opportunity, landed on opposite sides of the planet in January 2004. Spirit's destination was Gusev Crater, which appears to have been a crater lake.

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Credit: NASA
Image Number: KSC-03pd1892
Date: June 10, 2003

Description Artist's conception of one of the Mars Exploration Rovers. Spirit and Opportunity launched on June 10 and July 7, 2003 respectively. They landed early the next year - January 3, 2004 and January 24, 2004.

Their primary objective was to find evidence of water in Martian rocks and/or soil.

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Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell University
Image Number: PIA04413
Date: February 26, 2003

This image is of a life size Museum model of the now silent Rover “Opportunity.” Very cool exhibit… lands in 2003 for a 90-day mission and stays active for almost 15 years.

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

The second Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, launched aboard a Delta II launch vehicle on July 7, 2003 from Cape Canaveral. The rover’s primary goal was to examine Martian geology for clues to past water activity on the red planet.

The last signal from the spacecraft was heard on June 10, 2018. The mission, planned to only last for three months, officially ended on February 13, 2019.

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Credit: NASA
Image Number: KSC-03PP-2099
Date: July 7, 2003

86260939 :Piction ID--Model Mars Explorer Rover; 1/10 scale; Mars surface base with seperate rover----Please tag these photos so information can be recorded.---Note: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.)--Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum