Paydirt at 8-year-old Mars Rover's 'new landing site'
Opportunity completed its original three-month mission on Mars eight years ago. It reached Endeavour last summer, three years after the rover's science team chose Endeavour as a long-term destination....
View ArticleMars Panorama: NASA Rover Opportunity Snaps Spectacular PHOTO Of Red Planet
This full-circle scene combines 817 images taken by the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 07/05/2012 04:21 PM EDT on SPACE.com A...
View Article8 years later, Opportunity still roving on surface of Mars
A NASA rover celebrated eight years on the Martian surface Tuesday, and the long-lived robot is still going strong. The Opportunity rover landed on the Red Planet at 9:05 p.m. PST Jan. 24, 2004 (12:05...
View ArticleMars rover finds evidence of ancient water at new hotspot
NASA's Opportunity rover has found another spot where warm water may have flowed or percolated on Mars long ago, researchers announced Thursday. Opportunity made the find while studying a rock on the...
View ArticleNASA's rover Curiosity lands on Mars
August 6, 2012 -- Updated 0605 GMT (1405 HKT) | One of the first images beamed back from NASA's Curiosity rover on August 6 is a photo of the shadow cast by the rover on the surface of Mars. NASA's...
View ArticleSurviving NASA rover nears rim of Martian crater
LOS ANGELES (AP): Months after the death of the Mars rover Spirit, its surviving twin is poised to reach the rim of a vast crater to begin a fresh round of exploration. Driving commands sent up to...
View ArticleAt Mars Crater, NASA Rover Finds Evidence of Ancient Water Hotspot
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has found another spot where warm water may have flowed or percolated on the Red Planet long ago, researchers announced Thursday (Sept. 1). Opportunity made the find...
View ArticleBig Picture on Mars: NASA Rover Snaps Amazing Red Planet View
A long-lived NASA rover on Mars has beamed home a stunning panoramic view of the Red Planet, a spectacular panorama that a space agency description billed as the "next best thing to being there." The...
View ArticleRover Finds New Evidence That Ancient Mars Was Habitable
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has made perhaps the biggest discovery of its nearly 10-year career, finding evidence that life may have been able to get a foothold on the Red Planet long ago. The...
View ArticleDelightful geological puzzles for Mars rover
The gift that keeps on giving ... everything from Opportunity over the past eight years has been a bonus. Photo: NASA WHILE many obsessed over speculation that NASA's newest Mars rover, Curiosity, had...
View ArticleBig picture on Mars: NASA rover snaps stunning view of Red Planet
This full-circle scene combines 817 images taken by the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State This full-circle scene combines...
View ArticleOpportunity Rover Starts Year 10 on Mars with Remarkable Science Discoveries
Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Image caption: Opportunity Celebrates 9 Years and 3200 Sols on Mars snapping this panoramic view from her current location...
View ArticleMars rover explores vast crater
The indestructible Mars rover named Opportunity, a bit long in the tooth after more than seven years roaming the Red Planet, has begun exploring the rim of a huge Martian crater where the rocks hint...
View ArticleNASA rover nears final destination on Mars
Months after the death of the Mars rover Spirit, its surviving twin is poised to reach the rim of a vast crater to begin a fresh round of exploration. Driving commands sent up to Opportunity directed...
View ArticleNASA's Mars Rover Opportunity Begins Study of Martian Crater
Download image , Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The initial work of NASA's Mars rover Opportunity at its new location on Mars shows surface compositional differences from anything the robot...
View ArticleThe Opportunity Rover Begins Year 10 on Mars
The older, smaller cousin of NASA's huge Mars rover Curiosity is quietly celebrating a big milestone today — nine years on the surface of the Red Planet. NASA's Opportunity rover landed on Mars the...
View ArticleOpportunity rover beginning study of Martian clays
NASA's Opportunity mission, laboring halfway around Mars from the headline-stealing Curiosity rover, is giving geologists their first up-close glimpse of Martian clays, leftovers from an ancient...
View ArticleNASA's Opportunity Rover Begins Year 10 on Mars
The older, smaller cousin of NASA's huge Mars rover Curiosity is quietly celebrating a big milestone today (Jan. 24) — nine years on the surface of the Red Planet. NASA's Opportunity rover landed on...
View ArticleOpportunity Rover Finds Clay Minerals At Mars Crater Rim, NASA Says
LOS ANGELES — After rolling around the Martian plains for more than eight years, the Opportunity rover finally found a spot believed to be rich in clay minerals, scientists said Tuesday. Orbiting...
View Article>Rover Opportunity may be at clay-rich site on Mars
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After rolling around the Martian plains for more than eight years, the Opportunity rover finally found a spot believed to be rich in clay minerals, scientists said Tuesday. Orbiting...
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