Rover Environmental Monitoring Station

Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS)
REMS on Mars
OperatorNASA / JPL
ManufacturerSpanish Astrobiology Center (CSIC-INTA)
Instrument typeweather station
Host spacecraft
SpacecraftCuriosity rover
OperatorNASA / JPL
Temperatures on Mars from REMS on the Curiosity Rover (August 16/17, 2012).

Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS) is a weather station on Mars for Curiosity rover contributed by Spain and Finland.[1][2] REMS measures humidity, pressure, temperature, wind speeds, and ultraviolet radiation on Mars.[3] This Spanish project is led by the Spanish Astrobiology Center and includes the Finnish Meteorological Institute as a partner,[4][5] contributing pressure and humidity sensors.[4][6]

MSL Rover Environmental Monitoring Station
Closeup of a REMS sensor
  1. ^ Spain Supplies Weather Station for Next Mars Rover - Marsdaily
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  3. ^ "Rover Environmental Monitoring Station for MSL mission" (PDF). 4th International workshop on the Mars Atmosphere: modelling and observations. Pierre und Marie Curie University. February 2011. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference MSLREMS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  6. ^ Finnish technology lands on Mars - UUTISET