NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity climbed out of "Victoria Crater" following the tracks it had made when it descended into the 800-meter-diameter (half-mile-diameter) bowl nearly a year earlie...
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NASA Mars Rover Opportunity Ascends to Level Ground
08.29.08 -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has climbed out of the large crater that it had been examining from the inside since last September.
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Southern Half of Spirit's 'Bonestell' Panorama
This 180-degree panorama shows the southward vista from the location where Spirit is spending its third Martian winter inside Mars' Gusev Crater.
Southern Half of Spirit's 'Bonestell' Panorama (Stereo)
This stereo, 180-degree panorama shows the southward vista from the location where Spirit is spending its third Martian winter inside Mars' Gusev Crater.
Mission News
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NASA Mars Rover Opportunity Ascends to Level Ground
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has climbed out of the large crater that it had been examining from the inside since last September.
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NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity Climbing out of Crater
NASA's Mars Exploration rover Opportunity is heading back out to the Red Planet's surrounding plains nearly a year after descending into a large Martian crater to examine exposed ancient rock layers.
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Mars Rover Keeping the Spirit at Four
01.02.08 - NASA's Spirit rover is spending its fourth anniversary on Mars at the northern edge of a low plateau. It landed on Mars Jan. 4, 2004, Universal Time (Jan. 3, 2004, Pacific Time).
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Rover Flight Director Report
Want to know what our intrepid rovers have been up to lately? In our latest Mars Rover report -- Spirit is cloud-watching and Opportunity is moving up in the world.
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Rover Flight Director Report
Now that the worst of Mars winter is past, the intrepid rovers are getting busy again. Find out what Spirit and Opportunity have been up to in our latest Report from Mars.
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Audio Clips: Mars Rovers Battle Severe Dust Storm
Whopper dust storms on Mars are whipping up potential problems for the twin Mars rovers, Opportunity and Spirit.
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Image Contest Winner
The favorite Mars rover image: Sunset on the red planet.