Pasadena (JPL) Jul 21, 2004 - Sol 166's tasks for Spirit included imaging of possible traverse paths inside Endurance Crater, then the start of a long period of data collection by the M¿ssbauer spectrometer on a target called Dahlia. All went as planned.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 20, 2004 - While Opportunity descends the steep walls of Endurance Crater, it continues to add to its portfolio of evidence on martian water history. One current mystery entails pointed rocks lined up.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 20, 2004 - Researchers at NASA Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley are adapting the Earth observation instrument for potential use during future
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 19, 2004 - Since the beginning of January the Cornell University team running the panoramic cameras, or Pancams, on the two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, has been largely functioning out of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena. That's where instructions are uplinked, or sent, to the two roving vehicles.
Pasadena (JPL) Jul 19, 2004 - As winter approaches on Mars, NASA's Opportunity rover continues to inch deeper into the stadium-sized crater dubbed Endurance. On the other side of the planet, the Spirit rover found an intriguing patch of rock outcrop while preparing to climb up the Columbia Hills backward. This unusual approach to driving is part of a creative plan to accommodate Spirit's aging front wheel.
Pasadena (JPL) Jul 19, 2004 - On sol 181 the plan for Spirit was to deploy the instrument deployment device for microscopic imaging, then perform a two-hour M¿ssbauer integration. The rover was to conduct miniature thermal emission spectrometer and navigation camera observations of rover-disturbed soil.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 16, 2004 - On sol 179, Spirit woke up at a new location and spent the day performing remote sensing with the miniature thermal emission spectrometer, including an overnight observation.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 16, 2004 - Opportunity has not moved (intentionally or otherwise) since its stabilizing maneuver on sol 158. The rover has been using the instruments on its arm and mast to study the rocks at its current location, which is in the sixth layer encountered on the way into Endurance Crater.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 15, 2004 - NASA scientists are modifying a sensor so it could look for signs of martian life by reading data from a soil-burrowing 'mole' capsule.
Moffet Field CA (SPX) Jul 13, 2004 - Mars Society founder, Robert Zubrin, talks about how to terraform the red planet. His engineer's eye reveals his robust plans for not just getting to a new home, but also how to build one from scratch.
Pasadena (JPL) Jul 12, 2004 - Spirit's right front wheel is having arthritis problems, says Firouz Naderi, Mars Exploration Program Manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Pasadena (JPL) Jul 12, 2004 - The world gets to see the rusty, dusty martian terrain as if humans themselves were riding atop the rovers. Who's responsible for our front-row seats on Mars? The masterminds working tirelessly behind the scenes in the Multimission Image Processing Lab (MIPL) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Pasadena (JPL) Jul 12, 2004 - Jim Graf has his sights set on a target 100 million miles away. Sometimes it's closer. Sometimes it's farther. Mars. The target is moving. So is he.
Moffet Field CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2004 - Mars is a dusty place and some of that dust is highly magnetic. Magnetic minerals carried in dust grains may be freeze-dried remnants of the planet¿s watery past.
Pasadena (JPL) Jul 12, 2004 - On sol 175 (July 9), Spirit analyzed the new targets Breadbox and Sourdough with its panoramic camera and miniature thermal emission spectrometer. Spirit then got an up-close look at Breadbox with the microscopic imager, and deployed the M¿ssbauer spectrometer on Sourdough for an overnight integration.
Paris (ESA) Jul 09, 2004 - These images of the rim of the Hellas basin on Mars were obtained by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft.
