Title :
Exploring mars with solar-powered rovers
Author :
Landis, Geoffrey A.
Author_Institution :
NASA Glenn Res. Center, USA
Abstract :
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.
Keywords :
Mars; planetary rovers; reviews; solar cell arrays; solar powered vehicles; Mars Exploration Rover; reviews; solar energy; solar-powered missions; solar-powered rovers; Degradation; Earth; Extraterrestrial measurements; History; Mars; NASA; Planets; Solar energy; Space vehicles; Sun;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2005. Conference Record of the Thirty-first IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8707-4
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488268
