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Mars Exploration Rover - Artist view

author: Steven Hobbs/Novapix

reference: e-son27-60006

Image Size 300 DPI: 34 * 27 cm

The sun rises behind one of the Mars Exploration Rovers as it prepares to analyse a rock with its RAT tool. Mars Exploration Rover (MER) is a robotic mission which aims to explore the Martian surface and geology. The mission began with the sending of two twin rovers : MER-A (Spirit), launched on June 10 2003 and landed on January 03 2004 in Gusev crater ; MER-B (Opportunity) launched on July 08 2003 and landed on January 24 2004 at Meridiani Planum.

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2004 - ILLUSTRATION - MARS - MARS EXPLORATION ROVER - OPPORTUNITY - PLANET - ROVER - SOIL - SPACE - SPACECRAFT - SPACEPROBE - SPIRIT -