A Delta II Heavy launched NASA's Spirit rover, the first of the twin Mars Exploration Rovers, from Cape Canaveral. Spirit landed in Gusev Crater on January 4, 2004, and operated on Mars for over six years.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Mars
- Payload to orbit
- 1.1 T
- Flight
- 13th
- of 26 Delta II 7925-9.5 flights
- Date and time
- 10 June 2003, 17:58 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta II 7925-9.5
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Planetary Science
- International designator
- 2003-027
- Launches in 2003
- 27th of 63
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