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View the image and caption 'Full-Circle 'Santorini' Panorama from Opportunity'

Full-Circle "Santorini" Panorama from Opportunity
This 360-degree panorama shows the vista from the location where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity spent five weeks in November and December 2008 while the sun was nearly directly in between Mars and Earth, limiting communications.
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Read the release 'Deadline Nears For Student Contest to Name NASA's Next Mars Rover' Deadline Nears For Student Contest to Name NASA's Next Mars Rover
NASA is issuing a last call to the nation's youth for entries in a contest to name the agency's next Mars rover. >>
Read the release 'Watch, Listen and Celebrate Five Years on Mars' Watch, Listen and Celebrate Five Years on Mars
New videos and a podcast highlight five years of roving by the twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. The Mars rovers were originally planned as three-month missions. >>
Read the release 'Discovery of Methane Reveals Mars is Not a Dead Planet' Discovery of Methane Reveals Mars is Not a Dead Planet
A team of NASA and university scientists has achieved the first definitive detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars. This discovery indicates the planet is either biologically or geologically active. >>
Read the release 'A Change of Seasons' A Change of Seasons
This image, taken on December 21 by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the lander during the last waning days of northern hemisphere summer.
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Read the release 'Mars Rovers Near Five Years of Science and Discovery' Mars Rovers Near Five Years of Science and Discovery
NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity may still have big achievements ahead as they approach the fifth anniversaries of their memorable landings on Mars. >>
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Read the release 'Scientists Find 'Missing' Mineral and Clues to Mars Mysteries' Scientists Find 'Missing' Mineral and Clues to Mars Mysteries
Researchers using a powerful instrument aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have found a long-sought-after mineral on the Martian surface and, with it, unexpected clues to the Red Planet's watery past. >>
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Read the release 'Phoenix Site on Mars May be in Dry Climate Cycle Phase' Phoenix Site on Mars May be in Dry Climate Cycle Phase
The Martian arctic soil that NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander dug into this year is very cold and dry. >>
Read the release 'Mars Orbiter Completes First Phase of Science Mission' Mars Orbiter Completes First Phase of Science Mission
Among its accomplishments, the spacecraft has found signs of a complex Martian history of climate change that produced a diversity of past watery environments. >>
Read the release 'HiRISE Camera Captures High-Resolution 3-D Images of Mars' HiRISE Camera Captures High-Resolution 3-D Images of Mars
The team based at The University of Arizona today released 362 three-dimensional images of Mars taken by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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Read the release 'NASA Orbiter Finds Martian Rock Record With 10 Beats to the Bar' NASA Orbiter Finds Martian Rock Record With 10 Beats to the Bar
Climate cycles persisting for millions of years on ancient Mars left a record of rhythmic patterns in thick stacks of sedimentary rock layers, revealed in three-dimensional detail by a telescopic camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. >>
Read the release 'Next NASA Mars Mission Rescheduled For 2011' Next NASA Mars Mission Rescheduled For 2011
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will launch two years later than previously planned, in the fall of 2011. The mission will send a next-generation rover with unprecedented research tools to study the early environmental history of Mars. >>
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Watch the video 'Five Years on Mars'
5 Years and Still Roving on Mars - Opportunity
Watch the video 'Five Years on Mars'
Five Years on Mars
Watch the Phoenix  - A Tribute video
Phoenix - A Tribute
Watch the Phoenix video
Phoenix
Watch the MSL Overview video
Mars Science Laboratory Overview
Watch the video 'Mars Landing Challenge -- Big Science Ahead'
Mars Landing Challenge -- Big Science Ahead
Watch the Flight Director's Update
Flight Director's Update
Nov 14:   Spirit is talking again, after a dust storm put her in a vulnerable state. Engineers hope her energy will continue to improve.
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Recent Images
Mars Odyssey Image for
January 20, 2009:
Wind Erosion
Wind Erosion
High-res at ASU THEMIS site
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (HiRISE) Image
January 20, 2009:
Sand Slide
Sand Slide
High-res at the UA HiRISE site.
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (CRISM) Image
June 30, 2008:
Olivine, Phyllosilicates, and Ancient Crater Rims
Olivine, Phyllosilicates, and Ancient Crater Rims
High-res at the JHU APL CRISM site
Mars Weather Report
January 05-11, 2009:
View Martian Weather Report
at the MSSS MARCI site
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