The Mars Exploration Rover (MER) project landed two solar-powered rovers, "Spirit" and "Opportunity," on the surface of Mars in January of 2003. This talk reviews the history of solar-powered missions to Mars and looks at the science mission of the MER rovers, focusing on the solar energy and array performance.


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    Title :

    EXPLORING MARS WITH SOLAR-POWERED ROVERS


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    Conference:

    31st Photovoltaic Specialists Conference ; 2005 ; Orlando, FL, United States


    Publication date :

    2006-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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