Mars Exploration Rover

Adirondack is the nickname for Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's first target rock. Scientists chose Adirondack to be Spirit's first target rock rather than another rock, called Sashimi, that would have been a shorter, straight-ahead drive. Spirit traversed the sandy martian terrain at Gusev Crater to arrive in front of this football-sized rock on January 18, 2004, just three days after it successfully rolled off the lander. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adirondack (Mars)"

The Apollo 1 Hills are three vastly separated hills located in Gusev Crater, on Mars. They were photographed from a great distance by the Spirit Rover. They are named in memory of the three astronauts who died on the launchpad of Apollo 1. ...more on Wikipedia about "Apollo 1 Hills"

Argo Crater is a crater in Meridiani Planum on Mars that was visited by the Opportunity rover on around its 365th Martian sol. ...more on Wikipedia about "Argo (crater)"

Bonneville crater is a 200- metre impact crater on Mars. It is located within the much larger Gusev crater. Bonneville was visited by the Mars Exploration Rover 'Spirit' in 2004, during its perumabulation across the floor of Gusev. It had been hoped by scientists that Bonneville would be sufficiently deep that layers of rock would be visible, and the history of the vicinity better understood. Unfortunately, the walls of Bonneville showed no layering, and so Spirit was moved on. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bonneville (crater)"

The Columbia Hills are a range of low hills inside Gusev crater on Mars. They were discovered by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit when it landed within the crater in 2004. The hills lie approximately 3 kilometres away from the Rover's original landing position, and Spirit journeyed toward them via the crater Bonneville. Spirit is currently driving down the side of Husband Hill, having reached the summit on sol (day) 581 of it's mission. ...more on Wikipedia about "Columbia Hills"

Eagle Crater is the small impact crater in which the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity found itself after landing on Mars in 2004. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eagle (crater)"

Endurance is a impact crater on Mars that was visited by the Opportunity rover from May until December, 2004. Mission scientists named the crater after the ship Endurance that sailed to the Antarctic in an exploration voyage organized by Ernest Shackleton. ...more on Wikipedia about "Endurance (crater)"

Erebus Crater is a crater on Mars that is currently being visited by the Opportunity rover on the way to the much larger Victoria Crater. It is named after the polar exploration vessel HMS Erebus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Erebus (crater)"

Fram Crater is a impact crater in Meridiani Planum, on Mars. It was visited by the rover Opportunity on Sol 84, April 24, 2004. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fram (crater)"

Gusev Crater is a crater on the planet Mars and is located at 175.4°E 14.6°S. The crater is about 170 kilometers in diameter and formed approximately three to four billion years ago. It was named after Russian astronomer Matvei Gusev (1826–1866) in 1976. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gusev crater"

Hazcams (short for Hazard Avoidance Cameras) are photographic cameras mounted on the front and rear of NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rover missions to Mars. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hazcam"

Heat Shield Rock is a basketball-sized iron-nickel meteorite found on Mars by the Mars rover Opportunity in January 2005. The meteorite was formally named Meridiani Planum by the Meteoritical Society in October, 2005 (meteorites are always named after the place where they were found). ...more on Wikipedia about "Heat Shield Rock"

Husband Hill is one of the Columbia Hills in Gusev crater, Mars. It was named in honor of Rick D. Husband, an astronaut and commander of the Space Shuttle Columbia during its final mission where it disintegrated during reentry (see Space Shuttle Columbia disaster). ...more on Wikipedia about "Husband Hill"

Larry's Lookout is located in Columbia Hills, Gusev Crater, Mars. It is named after geologist Larry Crumpler. ...more on Wikipedia about "Larry's Lookout"

The NASA team uses a software application called SAP to view images collected from Mars Exploration Rovers, and to plan its daily activities. There is a version available to the public called Maestro. Maestro is written in Java so it will run on many different platforms including Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, Solaris, Linux, and Irix. The software, along with companion datasets, can be obtained from Maestro Headquarters . ...more on Wikipedia about "Maestro (software)"

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Mission (since 2003) is an unmanned Mars exploration mission that includes sending two Rovers ( robots) to explore the Martian surface and geology. The mission was led by Project Manager Peter Theisinger of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Principal Investigator Steven Squyres, professor of astronomy at Cornell University. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mars Exploration Rover"

A Mars Rover is an unmanned land vehicle for exploration of the planet Mars. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mars Rover"

A Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES) is an infrared spectrometer used for detecting the composition of a material (typically rocks) from a distance. By making its measurements in the thermal infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum, it has the ability to penetrate through the dust coatings common to the Martian surface which is usually problematic for remote sensing observations. There is one on each of the two Mars Exploration Rovers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mini-TES"

Opportunity (official designation: MER-B) is the second of the two rovers of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission. She landed successfully on Mars at January 25, 2004 05:05 Ground UTC (around 13:15 local time). Her twin Spirit had landed on Mars three weeks earlier on January 4, 2004. (Mission members decided to reference both rovers using the feminine gender.) Opportunity was named by a winning entry in a student essay competiton—see Naming of Spirit and Opportunity. ...more on Wikipedia about "Opportunity rover"

This is the timeline for the Opportunity rover of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission. ...more on Wikipedia about "Opportunity rover timeline"

This article describes part of the mission timeline of the NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. ...more on Wikipedia about "Opportunity rover timeline for 2004 April"

This article describes part of the mission timeline of the NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. ...more on Wikipedia about "Opportunity rover timeline for 2004 February"

This article describes part of the mission timeline of the NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. ...more on Wikipedia about "Opportunity rover timeline for 2004 January"

This article describes part of the mission timeline of the NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. ...more on Wikipedia about "Opportunity rover timeline for 2004 March"

This article describes part of the mission timeline of the NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. ...more on Wikipedia about "Opportunity rover timeline for 2005 April"

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