Mars Exploration Rovers
“Good Night Oppy” Beautifully Illustrates the Unbreakable Bond Between Humans and our Robotic Explorers
In January 2004, NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity (aka “Oppy”) landed in two completely different locations on Mars. Their missions…
Opportunity Mars Rover Pushes Past 41 Kilometers Of Driving On Red Planet
Opportunity is the rover that keeps on going and going. It recently broke an extraterrestrial driving record after 10 years…
Mountains, Gandalf! Red Planet Pictures Show Mars In The Eyes Of The Rovers
Fancy a little Mars in your daily life? You need go no further than the excellent raw image archive that…
Some Ideas on Where the ‘Jelly Donut’ Rock on Mars Came from — and no, it’s not a mushroom
Hoo boy. Just mention the word “mystery” in conjunction with the planet Mars and all sorts of folks come out…
The Rock that Appeared Out of Nowhere on Mars
During last night's celebration at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of ten years of the Mars Exploration Rovers, mission principal investigator…
Opportunity Rover Glimpses Conditions Suitable for Life
Whitewater Lake is the large flat rock in the top half of the image. From left to right it is…
Latest Panoramic View from Mars Rover
What’s a Mars rover to do when there’s not enough power to rove? Take pictures. LOTS of pictures! This wonderful…
Incredible Digital Re-creations of the Mars Rovers
[/caption] Want to see the Mars Exploration Rovers in incredible, intricate detail – without having to travel to the Red…
8 Years on Mars: Downloadable Rover Poster
8 years ago today, January 24, the Opportunity rover landed on Mars. In what has become a tradition, Stu Atkinson…
Timelapse: The Spirit Rover’s Entire Journey on Mars
In just under 3 minutes, this timelapse video uses 3,418 different images taken by Spirit's front-right Hazcam to give an…