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The 'Columbia Hills' in Color
A forward-looking view of a portion of the "Columbia Hills" captured by Spirit shows the expansive hills ahead. It features "Husband Hill" to the left, "West Spur" in the center, and a talus (rock debris) slope to the right.
May 28, 2004
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Spirit Spies Its Shadow
This image highlights the bumpy terrain surrounding the rover.
April 28, 2004
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'Lion King' Panorama
The "Lion King" panorama was the largest panorama obtained by either rover in 2004.
April 14, 2004
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A Grind Well Done
This is a close-up look at a rock grind by made with Spirit 's robotic arm on a rock target dubbed "Mazatzal."
March 31, 2004
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Discovery Served Up in a Bowl
This image from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's panoramic camera is an approximate true-color rendering of the exceptional rock called "Berry Bowl" in the "Eagle Crater" outcrop.
March 25, 2004
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Serpent' Scuff
This is a "scuff" mark or rover "boot print" in the Gusev Crater location dubbed "Serpent."
March 19, 2004
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Double Take at 'Serpent' Drift
This is a look inside a soil trench or drift dubbed 'Serpent' after the rover successfully dug into the side of the drift.
March 19, 2004
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Brushing A Mars Rock
This image from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's panoramic camera shows the results of the second drilling by the rock abrasion tool, located on the rover's instrument deployment device, or "arm."
March 5, 2004
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'Block Island' Meteorite on Mars, Sol 1961
Composition measurements by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity confirm that this rock on the Martian surface is an iron-nickel meteorite.
March 5, 2004
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Humphrey on the Inside
This false-color image shows a close-up look at the rock dubbed "Humphrey."
March 5, 2004
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Rock Dusting Leaves Drill Hole and 'Mickey Mouse' Mark
This image shows the rock dubbed "Humphrey" and the circular areas on the rock that were wiped off by the rover.
March 5, 2004
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Focus on Guadalupe
This mosaic image, taken by the microscopic imager on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, shows a portion of the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum, Mars, dubbed "Guadalupe."
March 2, 2004
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Opportunity's Empty Nest
This image taken by the panoramic camera onboard Opportunity shows the rover's now-empty lander, the Challenger Memorial Station, at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
February 27, 2004
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'Berries' on the Ground
This mosaic image shows an extreme close-up of round, blueberry-shaped formations in the martian soil near a part of the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum called Stone Mountain
February 12, 2004
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Stone Mountain
This false-color image taken by the panoramic camera onboard the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity highlights the spherules that speckle the rock dubbed Stone Mountain
February 9, 2004
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Martian Blueberries
The left image shows an extreme close-up of round, blueberry-shaped formations in the martian soil near a part of the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum called Stone Mountain.
February 9, 2004
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Stone Mountain
The color image on the left was taken by the panoramic camera onboard the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the part of the rock outcrop dubbed Stone Mountain at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
February 9, 2004
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Mars Rock Formation Poses Mystery
The left image shows an extreme close-up of round, blueberry-shaped formations in the martian soil near a part of the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum called Stone Mountain.
February 9, 2004
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Basketball or Golf?
Basketball has worldwide popularity, but you won't hear the squeak of sneakers on Mars! Airbags made this series of bounce marks when NASA's Mars rover Opportunity rover landed in 2004. They show the rover's path as it bounced to a resting spot inside a small crater. The mission team called that an interplanetary hole-in-one!
February 2, 2004
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As Far as Opportunity's Eye Can See
This expansive view of the martian real estate surrounding the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is the first 360 degree, high-resolution color image taken by the rover's panoramic camera.
February 2, 2004
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Goldstone Antenna
The 70m antenna at Goldstone, California against the background of the Mojave desert.
February 1, 2004
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Airbag Tracks on Mars
The circular shapes seen on the martian surface in these images are "footprints" left by Opportunity's airbags during landing as the spacecraft gently rolled to a stop.
January 28, 2004
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Opportunity: Landing
Entry, descent and landing manager, Rob Manning (facing camera), hugs Richard Cook, the current Mars Exploration Rover project manager after Opportunity's successful landing at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
January 24, 2004
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Opportunity: Landing
Dr. Wayne Lee, chief engineer for development of the Mars Exploration Rover's descent and landing systems proudly waves a broom, indicating a clean martian sweep.
January 24, 2004
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Opportunity: Landing
Dr. Ed Weiler, associate administrator, Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters and Mars Exploration Program manager, Dr. Firouz Naderi (right) are delighted with the news of Opportunity's safe entry, descent and landing on Mars.
January 24, 2004
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Empty Nest
This image shows the Spirit rover's landing site, the Columbia Memorial Station, at Gusev Crater, Mars.
January 21, 2004
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Spirit: Egress
From left: Dave Lavery, program executive for Solar System Exploration at NASA Headquarters, Dr. Ed Weiler, associate administrator, Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters, Pete Theisinger, (former) Mars Exploration Rover project manager and JPL lab director, Dr. Charles Elachi celebrate the success of Spirit's landing and transmission of first images.
January 15, 2004
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Team members viewing some of Spirit's first 3-D images
A crowd of excited men and women who work on the Mars Exploration Rover mission are wearing white paper 3-D glasses with red and blue lenses to view some of the Spirit rover's first three-dimensional images. Some are seated behind console work stations, while others are standing, trying to get the best view. Team members viewing some of Spirit's first 3-D images
January 15, 2004
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First Look at Spirit at Landing Site
This is one of the first images beamed back to Earth shortly after the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit landed on the red planet.
January 4, 2004
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Spirit: Landing
Members of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission's Entry, Descent and Landing team rejoice at the news that mission control received its first signal from Spirit, indicating the rover's safe arrival at Gusev Crater on Mars.
January 3, 2004
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Spirit: First Images
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.
January 3, 2004
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Spirit: First Images
From left: Dave Lavery, program executive for Solar System Exploration at NASA Headquarters, Dr. Ed Weiler, associate administrator, Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters, Pete Theisinger, (former) Mars Exploration Rover project manager and JPL lab director, Dr. Charles Elachi celebrate the success of Spirit's landing and transmission of first images.
January 3, 2004
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Mars Exploration Rover team members
Athena Science team members and other Mars Exploration Rover team members pose for a photo at JPL.
January 1, 2004
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Spirit: Women on the Mars Exploration Rover team
This photo shows fifteen of the women engineers and scientists who work on the Mars Exploration Rover. They are standing behind or kneeling beside a precise replica of the rover in the mission control room.
January 1, 2004
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Circuit Boards on Rover 2
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians remove one of the circuit boards on the Mars Exploration Rover 2 (MER-2).
November 7, 2003
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Preflight Processing
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers prepare to lift the Mars Exploration Rover-1 (MER-B) onto a spin table during preflight processing of the spacecraft.
November 7, 2003
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Assembly and Testing Mars Exploration Rovers
Engineers for NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission are completing assembly and testing for the twin robotic geologists at JPL. This
October 30, 2003
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Opportunity Rover Delta II Launch
The second Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, was the first NASA mission lifted on what is referred to as a Delta II "heavy" rocket.
July 8, 2003
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Mars Exploration Rover Panoramic Camera Mast Assembly
What looks like the rover "neck and head" is called the Pancam Mast Assembly.
July 2, 2003
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Opportunity's Landing Site: Meridiani-overlays
Details of the Meridiani Planum designated landing site are added with topographic information and higher-resolution imaging from instruments on the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey orbiters.
April 11, 2003
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Opportunity's Landing Site: Meridiani-plain
The designated landing site for the second Mars Exploration Rover mission is Meridiani Planum, seen here in its geological context from NASA Viking images.
April 11, 2003
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Spirit's Landing Site: Gusev-overlays
Details of the Gusev Crater designated landing site are added with topographic information and higher-resolution imaging from instruments on the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey orbiters.
April 11, 2003
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Spirit's Landing Site: Gusev-plain
The designated landing site for the first Mars Exploration Rover mission is Gusev Crater, seen here in its geological context from NASA Viking images.
April 11, 2003
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Mars Exploration Rover 1
Engineers for NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission are completing assembly and testing for the twin robotic geologists at JPL.
February 10, 2003
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Mars Exploration Rover 2
Engineers for NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission are completing assembly and testing for the twin robotic geologists at JPL.
February 10, 2003
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Team members in JPL's Spacecraft Assembly Facility
A team of about 50 men and women in white and blue cleanroom smocks and bonnets stand and sit around their creations: Spirit and Opportunity. The twin rovers of the Mars Exploration Rover mission are about the size of golf carts. The significantly smaller, microwave-sized Sojourner rover from the 1997 Pathfinder mission sits in the middle.
February 10, 2003
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Mars Exploration Rover: Opening aeroshell
Technicians maneuver the aeroshell for Mars Exploration Rover 2 onto a workstand in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility.
February 6, 2003
