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To Mars with MER - Interact

URLPost for "BOUNCING TO MARS"

People You Will See,   Welcome to Mars,   Rollback,
   "Good Damage",   Missions to Mars,Follow the Water,
   Testing Times,   Spirit and Opportunity,
   Mars Exploration Rover Spacecraft,   Mars Links

"Spirit" Launch Day Videos
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/elvnew/mera/vid.htm
Links to the launch day videos for the first Mars Exploration Rover "Spirit" including the launch itself, rollback of the tower and a weather update, post launch conference and interviews with Mars Exploration Rovers Spacecraft Mission Director Peter Theisinger, Launch Manager (NLM) Omar Baez, and Deputy Project Manager Richard Brace.

"Opportunity" Launch Day Videos
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/elvnew/merb/vid.htm
Links to the launch day videos for the second Mars Exploration Rover "Opportunity" including the launch itself, rollback of tower, hault of countdown due to valve problem, and interviews with Omar Baez and Richard Brace.

Machinists to the Stars
http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/video/
Machinists in JPL's high-precision fabrication shop work around-the-clock to create parts of the rovers. The video can be seen in Quicktime or MPEG format.

How to Land Softly on a Hard Planet
http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/video/
A safe landing is "the name of the game," as engineers work to prepare two rovers for the journey to Mars. The video can be seen in Quicktime or MPEG format.

How to Land Softly on a Hard Planet
http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/spotlight/airbags01.html
The ups and downs of making and testing the airbags for the Mars Exploration Rovers..

Sending RATs to Mars
http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/spotlight/ratAll.html
A look at the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) which will be on each of the rovers.

Sending RATs to Mars
http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/spotlight/
Video on Honeybee Robotics and how the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) works.

Honeybee Robotics
http://www.honeybeerobotics.com/rat.html
Honeybee Robotics developed the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) for the rovers.

ILC Dover
http://www.ilcdover.com
ILC Dover created the airbags for the Pathfinder and Mars Exploration Rover missions.

Space Power Facility
http://facilities.grc.nasa.gov/spf/index.html
The Space Power Facility located at the NASA Glenn Research Center, Plum Brook Station, Sandusky, Ohio tested the landing system of the Mars Exploration Rover.