Mars Exploration Rover Readied for Late-May Launch

The first Mars Exploration Rover (MER) has arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and is being processed for a May 30 launch on a Boeing Delta II rocket (see photo). The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California is leading the MER project, which involves sending two rovers separately to Mars...

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