Mars Exploration Rovers
The Mars Exploration Rover Mission sent
two rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, to Mars
in January of 2004. Originally designed for
only a 90-day mission, Spirit operated until
2010 and Opportunity until 2018, returning a
wealth of science and engineering data. The
PDS archives for MER reside at the
Geosciences, Imaging, Atmospheres, and NAIF
Nodes.
Geosciences Node Data
Additional ways to access MER data
MER Publications
A list of scientific papers on MER topics is
available from the MER Analyst's Notebook Reference
pages for
Spirit and
for
Opportunity.
Recent Archive Updates
October 26, 2020.
MER Pancam Photometry Version 2
Version 2 of the
MER Pancam Photometry Archive
is available. The finalsols
collection has been added and the
documentation has been updated.
September 29, 2020. Pancam
IOF Version 2
The Pancam
IOF Version 2 data set
for the Spirit rover has been
released and has been
converted to PDS4.
August 26, 2020. Pancam
IOF Version 2
The
Pancam IOF
Version 2 data set for the
Opportunity rover has been converted
to PDS4.
August 10, 2020. MER
Contact Science Target List Bundle
This
bundle contains a detailed
chronology of contact science (CS)
activities and targets conducted by
both MER rovers. The term contact
science encompasses measurements
executed by any of the instruments
on the rovers’ Instrument Deployment
Device (IDD), namely the Alpha
Particle X-ray Spectrometer,
Mössbauer, Microscopic Imager, and
Rock Abrasion Tool. The data were
compiled and archived by the PDS
Geosciences Node.
April 14, 2020. MER PDS4
Archives
MER archives at the Geosciences
Node have been migrated to the PDS4
standard. This includes the APXS,
Mössbauer, Microscopic Imager,
RAT, Mini-TES, Navcam, Pancam, and Rover Motion Counter
archives.
The original PDS3 data products,
labels, and documentation remain
available in their original archive
volumes. The only change is that
PDS4 labels and documentation have
been added to the archives. The
original data files are unchanged.
The MER Analyst's Notebook continues
to provide access to the archives
using metadata from the PDS3 labels;
a future version of the Notebook
will incorporate both PDS3 and PDS4
labels.
For more information about the
migration of these data sets, see
geo_notes_and_errata.pdf
in the MER documentation
bundle.
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