This approximately true-color view of Marquette Island comes from combining three exposures that Opportunity's panoramic camera took through different filters during the rover's 2,117th Martian day, ...
This approximately true-color view of Marquette Island comes from combining three exposures that Opportunity's panoramic camera took through different filters during the rover's 2,117th Martian day, ...
Dunes of sand-sized materials have been trapped on the floors of many Martian craters. This is one example, from a crater in Noachis Terra, west of the giant Hellas impact basin.
This combination of images helped researchers analyze the youngest flood lava on Mars, which is in Athabasca Valles, in the Elysium Planitia region of equatorial Mars.
Professional Goal: To investigate the historical geology and climate of Mars, but would like to do less travel than in the past
After six years of unprecedented exploration of the Red Planet, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit no longer will be a fully mobile robot.
For the sixth year in a row, a message about the Red Planet is infecting worldwide email boxes.
Six years of exploration through the "eyes" of the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit
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After six years on the move, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit prepares for a new phase of science.
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Images of the red planet.