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View the video 'Spirit's Snapshots of Mars' Spirit's Snapshots of Mars

These views of Mars are just a small sampling from the 124,000 images returned by the Spirit rover.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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printscreen from 'Spirit's Triumphs on Mars' Spirit's Triumphs on Mars

Team members reflect on Spirit's six-years of roving Mars.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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printscreen from 'Spirit's Last Moves Before Winter' Spirit's Last Moves Before Winter

Recent drive commands have concentrated on improving Spirit's tilt toward the sun as the Martian winder approaches.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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View the video 'Spirit: Six Years of Roving Mars' Spirit: Six Years of Roving Mars
After six years on the move, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit prepares for a new phase of science.

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View the video 'Spirit of Mars' Spirit of Mars
Six years of exploration through the 'eyes' of the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit.

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View the video 'Six Years on Mars!' Six Years on Mars!
The rovers turn 6 but Spirit faces an uncertan future.

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View the video 'Free Spirit: Plotting an Escape' Free Spirit: Plotting an Escape
NASA's long-running Mars rover Spirit will begin critical drives for escaping a sand trap.

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View the video 'Free Spirit : Rescuing a Rover Part 1 of 2' Free Spirit : Rescuing a Rover Part 1 of 2
Watch the pre-recorded USTREAM video featuring Mars Exploration Rovers Program Manager John Callas.

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Screenshot from 'Free Spirit : Rescuing a Rover Part 2 of 2' Free Spirit : Rescuing a Rover Part 2 of 2
Watch the pre-recorded USTREAM video featuring Rover Driver Ashley Stroupe.

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View the video '5 Years and Still Roving on Mars - Spirit' 5 Years and Still Roving on Mars - Spirit
NASA's Spirit rover has faced several challenges over the past five years but it's always been 'the little rover that could.'

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Screenshot from 'Five Years on Mars' Five Years on Mars - Dec 22, 2008
In January, JPL will celebrate the fifth anniversary of Spirit and Opportunity landing on Mars, and the twin rovers will continue with their newest adventures.

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Screenshot from 'Flying Over Spirit's Work Site' Flying Over Spirit's Work Site - March 13, 2007
Images of the "Columbia Hills" region inside Mars' Gusev Crater, taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, provided detailed, three-dimensional information that was used to create this animation of a hypothetical flyover. NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has been exploring this range of hills since 2004.

Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/U.S. Geological Survey

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Screenshot from 'Three Years on Mars - Spirit's Story' flash Three Years on Mars: Spirit's Story - January 4, 2007
Scientists expected the Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity to run for three months. Three years later the hardy rovers are still operating on opposite sides of the red planet.

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Image  from 'Rover Road Trip Slideshow' Rover Road Trip Slideshow
The Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity have seen quite a bit during their second Martian year.

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Screenshot from 'Two Years on Mars' flash Two Years on Mars - January 24, 2006
The Mars Exploration Rovers mark two years on the red planet.

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printscreen from 'Summit Panorama (Special Effects Rover)' animation Special-Effects Spirit on Flank of "Husband Hill"
- January 23, 2006

This synthetic image of the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover on the flank of "Husband Hill" was produced using "Virtual Presence in Space" technology. Developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., this technology combines visualization and image-processing tools with Hollywood-style special effects. The image was created using a photorealistic model of the rover and a false-color mosaic. The size of the rover in the image is approximately correct and was based on the size of the rover tracks in the mosaic. The mosaic was assembled from frames taken by the panoramic camera on the rover's 454th Martian day, or sol (April 13, 2005); see PIA07855.

Because this synthesis provides viewers with a sense of their own "virtual presence" (as if they were there themselves), such views can be useful to mission teams in planning exploration by enhancing perspective and a sense of scale.

Image note: Rover model by Dan Maas; synthetic image by Koji Kuramura, Zareh Gorjian, Mike Stetson and Eric M. De Jong.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell

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print screen from 'Aerial View of Spirit's Journey Aerial View of Spirit's Journey - June 03, 2005
This video clip shows a simulated aerial view of Spirit's journey through the "Columbia Hills" on Mars. The U.S. Geological Survey created the three-dimensional digital terrain model using images from the Mars Orbital Camera on the Mars Global Surveyor satellite. Released June 3, 2005, the route shows the rover's progress from martian day, or sol, 149 (June 3, 2004) through sol 502 (May 31, 2005), at which time the rover had traveled 3.9 kilometers (2.4 miles) since landing on Mars in January, 2004. The video was processed using a method called Incremental Bundle Adjustment developed at Ohio State University, which corrects traverse errors for improved rover positions.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/OSU/MSSS/USGS

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print screen from 'Spirit on Mars' video Spirit on Mars - February 18, 2005
Look through Spirit's "eyes" during its first 343 sols (days) on Mars. This video highlights images from Spirit's front hazard-avoidance camera during nearly a year's worth of red planet roving.

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Spirit and Opportunity: One Year on Mars Spirit and Opportunity: One Year on Mars - January 03, 2005

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A picture from Spirit as she sits on the lander Driving Uphill Backwards - August 09, 2004
With Spirit's right front wheel showing signs of age, engineers are finding creative ways to keep the rover moving. Teamwork is essential. Learn how they go about it in their own words.

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A picture from Spirit as she sits on the lander 90 Sols in 90 Seconds - April 08, 2004
 
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Spirit's Trek to Bonneville - March 09, 2004
Early in her mission, Spirit was assigned the long-term goal of reaching the crater dubbed "Bonneville." On her way there, she's made multiple pit-stops to study curious rocks and image eye-catching geological features. In "Spirit's Trek to Bonneville," science team member Diana Blaney and rover engineeer Art Thompson talk about the intriguing and challenging journey across the martian surface.

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Sol 20
Computer Animation of Spirit's Landing - Jan 23, 2004
This computer animation was created using data received during the actual landing.

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Computer Animation of Spirit's Landing - Jan 23, 2004
This enginnering computer animation was created using data received during the actual landing.

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3-D Perspective of Adirondack - Jan 19, 2004 3-D Perspective of Adirondack - Jan 19, 2004
This 3-D perspective "video" made from images taken by the panoramic camera onboard the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows "Adirondack," the rover's first target rock. Spirit traversed the sandy martian terrain at Gusev Crater to arrive in front of the football-sized rock on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2004, just three days after it successfully rolled off the lander. The rock was selected as Spirit's first target because it has a flat surface and is relatively free of dust - ideal conditions for grinding into the rock to expose fresh rock underneath. Clean surfaces also are better for examining a rock's top coating. Scientists named the angular rock after the Adirondack mountain range in New York. The word Adirondack is Native American and is interpreted by some to mean "They of the great rocks." Data from the panoramic camera's red, green and blue filters were combined to create this true color image.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Ames/Cornell

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Virtual Rover Drives Toward Rock - Jan 19, 2004 Virtual Rover Drives Toward Rock - Jan 19, 2004
This video was rendered from the software used by engineers to test and drive the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. The software simulates the rover's movements across the martian terrain, helping to plot a safe course. Here, engineers simulated Spirit's first post-egress drive on Mars Sunday. The 3-meter (10-foot) drive totaled approximately 30 minutes, including time to stop and take images. The rover drove toward its first rock target, a mountain-shaped rock called Adirondack. The blue line denotes the path of the rover's "belly button," as engineers like to call it, as the rover drove toward Adirondack. The virtual 3-D world around the rover was built from images taken by Spirit's stereo navigation cameras. Regions for which the rover has not yet acquired 3-D data are represented in beige.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL

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Rover Takes a Sunday Drive - Jan 19, 2004 Rover Takes a Sunday Drive - Jan 19, 2004
This animation, made with images from the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit hazard-avoidance camera, shows the rover's perspective of its first post-egress drive on Mars Sunday. Engineers drove Spirit approximately 3 meters (10 feet) toward its first rock target, a football-sized, mountain-shaped rock called Adirondack. The drive took approximately 30 minutes to complete, including time stopped to take images. Spirit first made a series of arcing turns totaling approximately 1 meter (3 feet). It then turned in place and made a series of short, straightforward movements totaling approximately 2 meters (6.5 feet).

Image Credit: NASA/JPL

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