Mars
News items about Mars and its moons
Background information about Mars
A gallery of Spirit's images and slideshow
A gallery of Opportunity's images and slideshow
Mars Express orbiter
Jul 29, 2010
"NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has photographed its first dust devil, a challenging feat in the area where in which Opportunity is working."
Jul 29, 2010
Images of the 'Face on Mars' at resolutions much higher than the Viking camera which first revealed the so-called 'face'.
Jul 24, 2010
"Ever wanted to explore the surface of Mars? Now you can -- at least virtually -- thanks to a powerful camera aboard a spacecraft in orbit around Mars that has made the most accurate global map of the red planet in history."
Jul 24, 2010
"What do you get when you take a 20-inch (0.5-m) f/24 telescope with state-of-the-art digital detectors, put it in an orbit just 190 miles (300 km) above Mars, and let it click away for 4½ years? You get thousands of close-up images of the Red Planet that both brim with scientifically useful detail and look amazingly beautiful."
Jul 24, 2010
"NASA's next-generation Mars rover, Curiosity, took its first baby steps on Earth today, making two slow drives forward and back on the floor of the clean room where it is being constructed."
Jul 16, 2010
"Either some little Martians came by and gave the Opportunity rover a quick once-over cleaning, or a recent gust of wind blew layers of dust off her solar panels."
"OK, it's time to look silly in your red-blue glasses again!"
Jul 1, 2010
"Spirit rests on big find; Opportunity finishes half-marathon on way to Endeavour"
Jun 30, 2010
A super-resolution view toward Endeavour Crater from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows discernible features in the rim of that long-term destination.
Jun 29, 2010
"NASA's Curiosity rover - part of the upcoming Mars Science Laboratory mission - has been outfitted with an onboard X-Ray instrument that will help scientists determine if Mars was once habitable for life. The mission is currently scheduled for launch in late 2011."
