Time on Mars This flash is showing time on Mars: Spirit: Current Sol, Time and Sols Past "Warranty" This flash is showing time on Mars: Opportunity: Current Sol, Time and Sols Past "Warranty" Phoenix on the NASA Portal Phoenix Home Page (U of A) Phoenix at JPL Mission Blog Rover Status Spirit: "Catch-22": Staying Awake vs. Going to Sleep
>> Opportunity: Injured Shoulder Joint Back in the Game
>> Wanted: Space-Age Dust Removal >> To Follow the Water on Mars, Look for Fins!
Images Where are the Rovers now? Shoulder Motor Balks on Opportunity's Robotic Arm A small motor in the robotic arm of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity that began stalling occasionally more than two years ago has become more troublesome recently.
>> Mars Rovers Sharpen Questions About Livable Conditions Like salt used as a preservative, high concentrations of dissolved minerals in the wet, early-Mars environment known from discoveries by NASA's Opportunity rover may have thwarted any microbes from developing or surviving. >> Astronomers Monitor Asteroid to Pass Near Mars Updated: Jan 9, 2008 As expected, scientists at JPL's Near-Earth Object Office have further refined the trajectory estimate for asteroid 2007 WD5 and ruled out any possibility of a Mars impact on Jan.
>> Alignment on December 24, 2007 This is a special day that happens only every 26 months when Earth is exactly between the Sun and Mars. Find out more about opposition and experiment with Mars and Earth in their orbits.
>> Software Helps Mars Rovers Find Winter Havens Spirit Gets Help for Finding a Winter Haven New software is helping the rover team find safe places for Spirit to ride out future Martian winters and places for future explorations by both Mars rovers.
>> Mars Rover Investigates Signs of Steamy Martian Past Researchers using NASA's twin Mars rovers are sorting out two possible origins for one of Spirit's most important discoveries, while also getting Spirit to a favorable spot for surviving the next Martian winter
>> NASA Extends Operations for Its Long-Lived Mars Rovers NASA is extending, for a fifth time, the activities of the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity.
