This view from Opportunity shows bedrock within a stratigraphic layer, which is the rover's next target after completing an examination of three stratigtaphic layers forming a bright band around the i...
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Shoulder Motor Balks on Opportunity's Robotic Arm
04.23.08 -- A small motor in the robotic arm of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity that began stalling occasionally more than two years ago has become more troublesome recently.
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Spirit Mission Manager Reports
April 21: + Spirit Still 'Sitting Pretty' for This Time of Year
Opportunity Mission Manager Reports
April 21: + Driving on Mars Is Hard
Latest Images
Opportunity View of 'Lyell' Layer (False Color)
Opportunity View of 'Gilbert' Layer (False Color)
This view from Opportunity shows bedrock within a stratigraphic layer, which is the lowermost of three layers the rover has examined at a bright band around the inside of Victoria Crater.
View From Spirit's Overwintering Position (False Color)
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has this view northward from the position at the north edge of the "Home Plate" plateau where the rover will spend its third Martian winter.
Mission News
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Shoulder Motor Balks on Opportunity's Robotic Arm
A small motor in the robotic arm of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity that began stalling occasionally more than two years ago has become more troublesome recently.
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Mars Rovers Sharpen Questions About Livable Conditions
Like salt used as a preservative, high concentrations of dissolved minerals in the wet, early-Mars environment known from discoveries by NASA's Opportunity rover may have thwarted any microbes from developing or surviving.
Mission Features
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Mars Rover Keeping the Spirit at Four
01.02.08 - NASA's Spirit rover is spending its fourth anniversary on Mars at the northern edge of a low plateau. It landed on Mars Jan. 4, 2004, Universal Time (Jan. 3, 2004, Pacific Time).
Video Gallery
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A Postcard From Opportunity
Views from the jagged-edged Victoria Crater on Mars, taken by NASA's Opportunity rover.
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A Postcard From Spirit
NASA's Spirit rover sends a stunning panorama from Gusev Crater, Mars.
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 "'Lyell' Panorama inside Victoria Crater")
 "Image of mars taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit")
NASA Podcasts
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Audio Clips: Mars Rovers Battle Severe Dust Storm
Whopper dust storms on Mars are whipping up potential problems for the twin Mars rovers, Opportunity and Spirit.
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Multimedia Gallery
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Image Contest Winner
The favorite Mars rover image: Sunset on the red planet.