NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit Launch

Spirit Mission Quick Facts

• Launch: June 10, 2003, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
• Launch vehicle: Delta II 7925
• Earth-Mars distance at launch: 103 million kilometers (64 million miles)
• Mars landing: Jan. 4, 2004, at about 2:30 p.m. local Mars time (signal received at Earth 8:35 p.m. PST Jan. 3)
• Landing site: Gusev Crater, possible former lake in giant impact crater
• Earth-Mars distance on landing day: 170.2 million kilometers (105.7 million miles)
• One-way speed-of-light time Mars-to-Earth on landing day: 9.46 minutes
• Total distance traveled Earth to Mars (approximate): 487 million kilometers (303 million miles)
• Near-surface atmospheric temperature at landing site: -100 C (-148 F) to 0 C (32 F)
• Primary mission: 90 Mars days, or "sols" (equivalent to 92 Earth days)

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