Mars Rovers

Test Roving NASA’s Curiosity on Earth

[/caption] Just over a year from now, NASA’s Curiosity rover should be driving across fascinating new landscapes on the surface…

13 years ago

Opportunity Surpasses 30 KM Driving and Snaps Skylab Crater in 3 D

[/caption] With her most recent drive of 482 feet (146.8 meters) on June 1, 2011 (Sol 2614), NASA’s Opportunity Mars…

13 years ago

Curiosity Mars Rover Almost Complete

[/caption] NASA’s massive ‘Curiosity’ rover is almost ready to begin the first leg of its long trek to the surface…

14 years ago

Opportunity Rover Completes Exploration of fascinating Santa Maria Crater

[/caption] NASA’s long lived Opportunity Mars rover has completed a three month long exploration of Santa Maria crater along the…

14 years ago

New Color Image Shows Opportunity Rover from Orbit

[/caption] Another great shot by the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: this one of the Opportunity rover sitting…

14 years ago

7 Years of Opportunity on Mars and a Science Bonanza

[/caption] Today, Jan. 24, 2011 marks the 7th anniversary of the safe landing of the Opportunity Mars Exploration Rover (MER).…

14 years ago

NASA Redoubling Efforts to Contact Spirit

[/caption] No one is giving up hope for Spirit. Not Yet. And neither should you. It’s too soon to turn…

14 years ago

Opportunity Photographed from Mars Orbit at Crater Precipice

[/caption] “I enjoy seeing our rover again,“ says Steve Squyres in an exclusive for Universe Today. Squyres is the top…

14 years ago

New Years Postcards from the Edge by Opportunity Mars Rover

[/caption] A robot from Earth is celebrating New Years on Mars by snapping another amazing set of “Postcards from the…

14 years ago

Gorgeous 3 D Vistas of Martian Crater and Hydrate Minerals at Santa Maria

[/caption] Spectacular new images of a gorgeous gaping hole on Mars are streaming back to Earth from NASA’s Opportunity Mars…

14 years ago