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| Spirit Marks One Year on Mars (One Martian Year, that is)
Since Spirit's landing on January 3, 2004, Mars has completed one orbit around the Sun. That's one martian year - about twice as long as a year on Earth. With this anniversary in mind, it's time to celebrate the rover's accomplishments. + Read More  | ||
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| Meet the First Woman to Drive on Mars
From working with prototype rovers in an Earth-bound sandbox, to driving on the actual red sands of Mars, Dr. Ashley Stroupe gets the best of both planets. + Read More | ||
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| Ice Beneath Mars Asking, "Can You Hear Me Now?"
What could have been dismissed as "just static" in a radio signal is actually an echo from Mars that might reflect the shape of hidden ice and rock structures beneath the martian surface. + Read More | ||
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| Earthlings Will Get a Better View of Mars
In fall of 2005, Mars will outshine most of the stars in the night sky. + Read More | ||
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| Journals of the Rovers' Journeys
As the rovers keep journeying across the surface of Mars, scientists are busy churning out journal articles that herald the new discoveries revealed by their robot geologist partners. + Read More | ||
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| A Broader Vision of Discovery
Blind students explore Mars with computer skills and adventurers' hearts. + Read More | ||
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| Spirit's Steep Climb to the Top
Spirit backs off from its first attempt to reach the top of the "Columbia Hills." + Read More | ||
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| Opportunity Discovers Tiny Craters on Mars
The largest of the two is less than a foot wide. + Read More | ||
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| Dust Devils on Mars
Spirit spies a swarm of dust devils wheeling across the plains of Gusev Crater. + Read More | ||
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| Red Planet Reconnaissance
This summer, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will embark on a mission to examine the surface of Mars in more detail than ever before. + Read More | ||
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| Reading the Environment in the Sand
Camera images from Mars tell a story about wind. + Read More | ||
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| The Tension and Triumph of Spirit's Landing
Rob Manning, leader of the landing team for the Mars Rovers, recalls the thrills and chills of Spirit's historic arrival. + Read More | ||
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| A Job Well Done!
And now, for Spirit and Opportunity, it's time for the bonus round. + Read More | ||
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| Mars in Focus
How do you get a picture-perfect day on Mars? By conducting tests, tests and more tests on Earth. + Read More | ||
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| Mars on Earth
Learn how scientists can interpret Mars by following geologist Jim Garvin on a virtual tour of a recently formed volcanic island in Iceland. + View this Video | ||
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| Sibling Rivalry: A Mars/Earth Comparison
Mars opens a new window on our own planet. + Read More + View Video (6.0 MB) | ||
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| Disney Salutes NASA with Mars Quote
Administrator's "we're back" enshrined at Mission:SPACE thrill ride. + Read More | ||
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| Mars Express Finds Methane in Atmosphere
The European Space Agency spacecraft's discovery raises the exciting question -- "Where does the methane come from?" + Read More | ||
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| Rover and Track: Check Out These Wheels
The engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, home of some of the best six-wheeled exo-atmospheric off-roaders anywhere, have really done it this time. + Read More | ||
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| Opportunity Hits the Beach
Earth might not be the only planet in our solar system to have hosted salty seas. + Read More + Drive the Rovers + Complete Rover Coverage | ||
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| In The Martian Driver's Seat
NASA's M2K4 puts you behind the wheel of the Rovers. + Read More | ||
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| Moon Dance
Elusive, awe-inspiring...and now, martian: What's the deal with eclipses, anyway? + Read More | ||
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| Slip Sliding Away
Driving a rover on Mars isn't easy, as indicated by some 'rover and track' stories. + Read More | ||
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| Rover Finds Signs of Wet Martian Past
NASA's Opportunity rover is showing indications that water once flowed on Mars. + Read More + View Press Release | ||
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| Rover Fans Go On 'Bunny' Chase
Like a rabbit in a hat, the identity of an oddity that looks like "bunny ears" in a picture from Mars has eluded the science and engineering teams. + Read More | ||
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| Two Little Rovers, One Big Audience
Mars Exploration Rover mission becomes NASA's biggest Web event ever. + Read More | ||
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| Spirit Science Advances
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has achieved several scientific firsts, but may still have its best "Eureka!" moments in front of it. + Read More + Little Rovers, Big Audience | ||
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| Tales in the Tracks
Rover wheels aren't just for driving anymore! They help scientists study a part of Mars that time has covered up. + Read More | ||
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| Make Your Own Eye-Popping 3-D Pictures
Make Mars and other "vacation spots" come alive when you create 3-D images using your photos, a computer and photo-editing software. + Read More | ||
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| 21 Photos, and a Big First
Mariner 4 made history in 1965 by capturing Mars up close + Read More | ||
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| A Day in the Life
Wearing two watches, Jim Rice works in three time zones on two different planets simultaneously. + View feature | ||
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| Mars Landmarks Honor Columbia Crew
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe today announced the Martian hills, located east of the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover's landing site, would be dedicated to the Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 crew. + Read More | ||
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| Revealing Mars' True Colors: Part One
Scientists, engineers and imaging specialists work hard to provide a human-scale view of images taken by Spirit and Opportunity. + Read More + Part Two: Painting By Number | ||
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| Challenger Crew Memorialized on Mars
The site where Opportunity landed will be named the Challenger Memorial Station. + Read More | ||
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| Rover "Digs" the Dirt
Spirit's first soil sampling creates excitement here on Earth. + Read More | ||
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| NASA Dedicates Martian Hills To Apollo 1
NASA memorialized Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee by dedicating the hills surrounding Spirit's landing site to the Apollo 1 astronauts. + Read More | ||
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| Mars Mice
Mice-astronauts will orbit Earth inside a spinning spacecraft to learn what its like to live on Mars + Read More + View Video | ||
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| Destination: Meridiani Planum
On January 24, 2004, NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is scheduled to land on a Martian plain in search of evidence for water. + Read More | ||
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| Mars Express Sees Water
The European Space Agency says its Mars Express orbiter has revealed the presence of water ice at the red planet's southern polar cap. + Read More | ||
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| Is There Another Mars Out There?
Missions offer clues in hunt for new worlds + Read More | ||
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| Mars Express' First Spectacular Photos
The European Space Agency's Mars Express has sent back stunning high-resolution images of the planet's massive canyon, Valles Marineris. + Read More | ||
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| Exploring with Spirit's Robotic Eyes and Arms
Landing on Mars was the first success. Now comes the fun of discovery with Spirit's on-board instrumentation. + Read More | ||
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| Watchmaker With Time to Lose
Master watchmaker Garo Anserlian is perfecting a timepiece for hundreds of Earthlings bound to Mars' irregular day. + Read More | ||
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| Scientists Don't Judge a Book by its Cover
"Scientists have a crush on Mars, and it's hard not to look only for things we want to see," says Mars Exploration Rover scientist, John Grant. + Read More | ||
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| Spirit Stands Up, Looks Around in Infrared
Traces of carbonate minerals showed up in Spirit's first survey of the site with its infrared sensing instrument, known as Mini-TES. + Read More | ||
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| Schoolhouse Rocks!
Mars scientists are asking students from around the world to send in rocks to compare to the ones found on the red planet. + Read More | ||
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| High School Students Land on Mars
While their peers sweat out their next quiz, high school students Courtney Dressing and Rafael Morozowski are sweating out the Mars mission. + Read More | ||
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| Columbia Crew Memorialized On Mars
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe today announced plans to name the landing site of the Mars Spirit Rover the Columbia Memorial Station. + Read More | ||
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| Mars: "We're Back!"
Jan. 3, 2004, saw a celebration worthy of a second New Year's Eve as NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit reached the surface of Mars and signaled that it was safe. + Read More | ||
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| Gusev Crater
Spirit's landing site may be a dried-up lake bed + Read More + More Mars Stories | ||
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| The Challenge of Mars
If getting to Mars is hard, landing there is even harder + Read More | ||
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| Ice Age on Mars
The red planet may be emerging from an icy recent past + Read More + View Video | ||
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| Tones Break Silence
On the phone, tones can signal a connection. On paper, they can add shape and dimension. On Mars, they can do both. + Read More | ||
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| Mars: Did A River Run Through It?
Images of numerous eroded gullies. + Read More + View Video | ||
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| Rover Test Drive at Rogers Dry Lake
NASA engineers went to the edge of a dry lakebed in California to test navigation software aboard a prototype Mars rover. + Read More | ||
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| Wheels Going to Mars
Engineers designing wheels for the Mars Exploration Rovers had a tall order to fill. + View feature | ||
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| Mars Up Close
A sophisticated imaging instrument aboard each Mars Exploration Rover will bring Mars into focus for scientists on Earth. + View feature | ||
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| Mars History: Written in Stone
A goal for the Mars Exploration Rovers, reaching the red planet in January, is to study rocks in order to learn more about the planet's history. + Read More | ||
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