Examples Of The Mars Exploration Rover Missions

Technology development makes missions possible. Each Mars mission is part of a continuing chain of innovation. Each relies on past missions for proven technologies and contributes its own innovations to future missions. This chain allows NASA to push the boundaries of what is currently possible, while still relying on proven technologies.
Below are examples of the way in which the Mars Exploration Rover mission relies on past technologies and contributes new ones. More than any other place, the Red Planet embodies the mystery, allure, and challenge of deep space exploration. Mars is a planet both fraternal and foreign to our own, alike in so many respects but also a striking reminder of how fragile the conditions conducive to life are. Its
intriguing qualities have made it the centerpiece of planetary exploration: more robotic missions have aimed to orbit or land on Mars than any other planet or moon in the solar system (apart from our own), and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden recently called it “the ultimate destination in our solar system for humanity.”