Spacecraft · NASA
Spirit
ExplorationCompleted
Overview
A Mars Exploration Rover that explored Gusev crater and found evidence of past water.
Mission data
Identity and engineering data from Wikidata (type-verified match · Q176276)
| International designator | 2003-027A | Wikidata · catalogued |
| Operator | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Wikidata · catalogued |
| Manufacturer | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Wikidata · catalogued |
| Launch mass | 185 kg | Wikidata · catalogued |
Full field-level provenance
- International designator: Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) — community-curated structured knowledge base · Wikidata · wdt · P247 · catalogued value · retrieved 2026-07-11
- Operator: Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) — community-curated structured knowledge base · Wikidata · wdt · P137 · catalogued value · retrieved 2026-07-11
- Manufacturer: Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) — community-curated structured knowledge base · Wikidata · wdt · P176 · catalogued value · retrieved 2026-07-11
- Launch mass: Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) — community-curated structured knowledge base · Wikidata · wdt · P2067 · catalogued value · retrieved 2026-07-11
Sourced from Wikidata (community-maintained structured data, whose statements link to their own citations where provided); each value carries its Wikidata QID. A field with conflicting Wikidata values is omitted. Launch date is used only to cross-check the catalogue, never to override it. Fields Wikidata did not provide, or where conflicting values exist, are omitted, never invented.
Knowledge connections
- Landed onMars
- Part of missionSpirit (MER-A)
- Operated byNASA
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics
Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.