Spirit, also known as MER-A (Mars Exploration Rover - A) or MER-2, is a Mars robotic rover, active from 2004 to 2010. Spirit was operational on Mars for 2208 sols or 3.3 Martian years. It was one of two rovers of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Spirit landed successfully within the impact crater Gusev on Mars on January 4, 2004, three weeks before its twin, Opportunity (MER-B), which landed on the other side of the planet.
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Spirit went on to function effectively over twenty times longer than NASA planners expected.
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Spirit, also known as MER-A (Mars Exploration Rover, A) or MER-2, is a Mars robotic rover, active from 2004 to 2010.
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission was a robotic space mission involving two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, exploring the planet Mars.
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