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KSC-03pd0980

NASA / KSC · 2003-04-04 · photograph (digital archive)

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — Workers prepare the shrouded Mars Exploration Rover 2 (MER-2) for mating to the lander. Set to launch in Spring 2003, the MER Mission consists of two identical rovers, landing at different regions of Mars, designed to cover roughly 110 yards each Martian day over various terrain. 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.

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