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Humphrey on the Inside
March 05, 2004
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Opportunity's wheels dug more than 10 centimeters (4 inches) deep into the soft, sandy material of a wind-shaped ripple in Mars' Meridiani Planum region during the rover's 446th martian day, or sol...
Looking Back at 'Purgatory Dune'
Environmental testing
Mars Exploration Rover: Environmental testing
This March 21, 2016, image from the navigation camera on NASA's Mars rover Opportunity shows streaks of dust or sand on the vehicle's rear solar panel after a series of drives during which the rove...
Streaks on Opportunity Solar Panel After Uphill Drive
This artist's rendering depicts NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. The twin rovers were launched in 2003 and arrived on Mars in January 2004.
Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit & Opportunity - Artist's Concept
This graphic shows the ongoing contributions of NASA’s rovers and orbiters during a Martian dust storm that began on May 30, 2018.
Mars Storm Watch Observations
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity captured this stereo view after beginning to ascend the northwestern slope of "Solander Point" on the western rim of Endeavour Crater.
Mars Hill-Climbing Opportunity at 'Solander Point,' in Stereo
This image from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows where a rock called "Pinnacle Island" had been before it appeared in front of the rover in early Jan...
Mars Doughnut Found!
This image taken by the panoramic camera onboard Opportunity shows the rover's now-empty lander, the Challenger Memorial Station, at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
Opportunity's Empty Nest
This color view of a mineral vein called "Homestake" comes from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.
'Homestake' Vein in Color
After driving uphill about 139 feet (42.5 meters) during the 3,485th Martian day, or sol, of its work on Mars (Nov. 12, 2013), NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity captured this image with its...
Tracks of a Climb on Opportunity's Sol 3485
The Mars Exploration Rover-2 is moved to a workstand in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility.
Rover 2 Moved to Workstand
A lunar eclipse, a solar eclipse and Mars has a close encounter with a comet.
What's Up for October?
This stereo scene from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows part of "Marathon Valley," a destination on the western rim of Endeavour Crater, as seen from an overlook north of the valley.
Mars 'Marathon Valley' Overlook, in Stereo
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
This before-and-after pair of images of the same patch of ground in front of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity 13 days apart documents the arrival of a bright rock onto the scene.
Rock That Appeared in Front of Opportunity on "Murray Ridge"
6th Year Anniversary Graphic
6th Year Anniversary Graphic
While driving eastward toward the northwestern flank of "McCool Hill," the wheels of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit churned up the largest amount of bright soil discovered so far in the mission
Bright Soil Near McCool
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 rove...
Spirit: Landing
Rover team members with rover.
Mars Exploration Rover team members with rover
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 (Unannotated)
As Opportunity crept farther into "Endurance Crater," the dune field on the crater floor appears even more dramatic, as seen in this false-color image.
Endurance Crater's' Dazzling Dunes
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, an overhead crane lowers the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) aeroshell toward a rotation stand.
Crane Lowers Aeroshell
This image is an approximately true color rendering of the slope of "Endurance Crater," which the Opportunity rover explored in 2004.
Three Fresh Exposures in 'Endurance' Layers
From left: Dave Lavery, program executive for Solar System Exploration at NASA Headquarters, Dr. Ed Weiler, associate administrator, Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters, Pe...
Spirit: First Images
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.
Opportunity: Landing
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