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Humphrey on the Inside
March 05, 2004
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Little Movement in Spirit's Sol 2099 Drive
This May 14, 2014, scene from the Pancam on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity catches "Pillinger Point," on the western rim of Endeavour Crater, in the foreground and the crater's eastern r...
'Pillinger Point' Overlooking Endeavour Crater on Mars (False Color)
A self-portrait of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity taken in late March 2014 (right) shows that much of the dust on the rover's solar arrays has been removed since a similar portrait from ...
Cleaned Solar Arrays Gleam in Mars Rover's New Selfie
These images of a sand "ripple" were acquired by Opportunity using its panoramic camera on sol 644 and its navigation camera on sol 645.
Windblown Ripple 'Scylla'
This July 18, 2017, image from the navigation camera (Navcam) on the mast of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity provides a look back to the crest of Endeavour Crater's rim after the rover be...
View Back Uphill After Entering 'Perseverance Valley'
JPLers pounded the pavement in celebration of a Mars marathon milestone. Opportunity rover took 11 years and 2 months to clock 26.2 miles. The team's time was considerably less.
JPL Runners Celebrate Mars Marathon
Navigators may know best that "life is all about the journey." For seven grueling months, the navigators for Spirit and Opportunity have been analyzing millions of lines of data and fine-tuning the...
Challenges of Getting to Mars: Navigation
Spirit acquired this mosaic while investigating the area east of the elevated plateau known as "Home Plate" in the "Columbia Hills." The trench exposed a patch of nearly pure silica, with the comp...
Rover's Wheel Churns Up Bright Martian Soil
Dr. Steve Squyres, principal investigator for the science instruments on both Mars Exploration Rovers, celebrates as the team witnesses the first images sent back from Spirit.
Spirit: First Images
This artist's illustration shows NASA's four successful Mars rovers (from left to right): Sojourner, Spirit and Opportunity, and Curiosity. The image also shows the upcoming Mars 2020 rover and a h...
The Evolution of a Martian
Mars Exploration Rover parachute deployment testing in the world's largest wind tunnel at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, Calif.
Mars Exploration Rovers: Parachute test
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.
View from Spirit's Overwintering Position (False Color)
This synthetic image recreates what Opportunity might look like in Endurance Crater. Produced using "Virtual Presence in Space" technology at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, it combines visualiza...
Opportunity Inside 'Endurance Crater'
Even after the landers and airbags safely bounce to a complete stop on Mars, the challenges of getting to Mars continue. It will take each rover a minimum of nine days to emerge from its lander coc...
Challenges of Getting to Mars: Impact to Egress
This full-circle panorama shows the terrain around the NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity during the 3,105th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (Oct. 18, 2012).
Opportunity's Surroundings on Sol 3105, on 'Matijevic Hill'
This late-afternoon view from the front Hazard Avoidance Camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a pattern of rock stripes on the ground, a surprise to scientists on the rover tea...
Opportunity Views Ground Texture in 'Perseverance Valley'
This June 2017 stereo view from NASA's Opportunity Mars rover shows the area just above "Perseverance Valley" on the rim of a crater. It combines images from the left eye and right eye of the ro...
Panorama Above 'Perseverance Valley' on Mars (Stereo)
View the many unique areas that the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity traveled during its 11 year historic journey. (Audio: music only)
11 Years and Counting: Opportunity on Mars
A grooved ridge called "Rocheport" on the rim of Mars' Endeavour Crater spans this scene from the Pancam on NASA's Mars rover Opportunity. This version of the scene is presented in enhanced color t...
Mars Rover Opportunity's Panorama of 'Rocheport' (Enhanced Color)
This Sept. 21, 2016, scene from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows "Spirit Mound" overlooking the floor of Endeavour Crater. The mound stands near the ...
'Spirit Mound' at Edge of Endeavour Crater, Mars (Enhanced Color)
A shadow and tracks of NASA's Mars rover Opportunity appear in this March 22, 2016, image, which has been rotated 13.5 degrees to adjust for the tilt of the rover. The hillside descends to the left...
Opportunity's Shadow and Tracks on Martian Slope
This image is an edited version of the last 360-degree panorama taken by the Opportunity rover's Pancam from May 13 through June 10, 2018. The version of the scene is presented in approximate true ...
Opportunity Legacy Pan (True Color)
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has been making tracks on Mars for seven months now, well beyond its original 90-day mission. The rover traveled more than 3 kilometers (2 miles) to reach the "...
Making Tracks on Mars (3-D)
Researchers used NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity to find a water-related mineral on the ground that had been detected from orbit, and found it in the dark veneer of rocks on the rim of En...
Mineral Detected from Orbit Found in Dark Veneers (Annotated)
The second Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, was the first NASA mission lifted on what is referred to as a Delta II "heavy" rocket.
Opportunity Rover Delta II Launch
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