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Mars Exploration Rover Surface Mission: Thermal Performance for More Than an Entire Martian YearThis viewgraph presentation reviews the thermal performance of the Mars Exploration Rovers. The Mars Exploration Rover (MER) project landed two identical roving science vehicles on Mars in January 2004; they have continued to perform geological science data collection well beyond their surface design lifetime of 90 sols. The design of the thermal system is described. Pictures from the rovers are also included,
Document ID
20060051764
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
hdl:2014/39727
Authors
Novak, Keith (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Porter, Dan (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Phillips, Charles (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Sunada, Eric (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Kinsella, Gary (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2006
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Meeting Information
Meeting: 36th International Conference on Environmental Systems Society of Automotive Engineers
Location: Norfolk, VA
Country: United States
Start Date: July 16, 2006
End Date: July 20, 2006
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
flight performance
thermal design
surface mission
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)

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