Mars Exploration Rovers

The Rovers Mission on Mars

Looking for Signs of Past Water on Mars

Rover (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

SCIENCE GOALS of NASA's Mars Exploration Program:

See more details on the scientific objectives of the Mars Exploration Rover mission

Mars is right next door to Earth, but it isn't very easy to get there:
two-thirds (!) of all international missions have failed.

Traveling to Mars

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Entry, Descent and Landing

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Landing with Airbags Figure caption	Rover emerging Figure caption
Rover roving Figure caption	Analyse the rock's interior Figure caption

What have the Rovers seen in 2006?

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Intricately Rippled Sand Deposits (Spirit) Figure caption	Intricately Rippled Sand Deposits (pannable and zoomable image) Figure caption
"Payson" panorama (Opportunity) Figure caption	"McMurdo" panorama (Spirit) Full resolution figure (27 MB) Figure caption

A great tool to view Mars panoramas: QTVR movies
(needs Quicktime to be installed)

Credits: NASA/JPL - Panoramas/QTVR movies: Hans Nyberg

Blue Sunset on Mars

Want more images?

For Press Release Images of Spirit, click here.

For Press Release Images of Opportunity, click here.

Spirit: All 89,616 Raw Images

Opportunity: All 82,116 Raw Images

Want more panoramas?

Click here for panoramas made by spirit in 2004, 2005, 2006.

Click here for panoramas made by opportunity in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.

Still questions about the Mars Rovers? Click here.