PIA04828: Rover 2 Moved to Workstand


Rover 2 Moved to Workstand

Caption:

January 28, 2003

The Mars Exploration Rover-2 is moved to a workstand in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. Set to launch in 2003, the Mars. Exploration Rover Mission will consist of two identical rovers designed to cover roughly 110 yards (100 meters) each Martian day. Each rover will carry five scientific instruments that will allow it to search for evidence of liquid water that may have been present in the planet's past. The rovers will be identical to each other, but will land at different regions of Mars. The first rover has a launch window opening May 30, 2003, and the second rover a window opening June 25, 2003.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Instrument Host Opportunity (MER-B)
Host Type Rover
Instrument
Detector
Extra Keywords Color, Water
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2003-10-30
Date in Caption 2003-01-28 2003-05-30, 2003-06-25
Image Credit NASA/JPL
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA04828
Identifier PIA04828