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A portion of the west rim of Endeavour crater sweeps southward in this color view from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. This crater -- with a diameter of about 14 miles (22 kilometers) -- is more than 25 times wider than any that Opportunity has previously approached during the rover's 90 months on Mars. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/ASU

NASA Mars Rover Arrives at New Site on Martian Surface

After a journey of almost three years, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the Red Planet’s Endeavour crater to study rocks never seen before. 

11 August 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its panoramic camera (Pancam) to capture this view of a portion of Endeavour crater's rim after a drive during the rover's 2,676th Martian day, or sol, of working on Mars (Aug. 4, 2011). Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/ASU

NASA Mars Rover Approaches Long-Term Goal

The NASA Mars rover Opportunity has gained a view of Endeavour crater from barely more than a football-field’s distance away from the rim. The rim of Endeavour has been the mission’s long-term goal since mid-2008.

9 August 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Evidence Builds For Water on Mars

Evidence Builds For Water on Mars

 NASA has chosen a landing site for its next Mars rover with the goal of seeking more signs of historical water on the planet, and a recent study suggests it may find it.

26 July 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
This computer-generated view depicts part of Mars at the boundary between darkness and daylight, with an area including Gale Crater beginning to catch morning light. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA’s Next Mars Rover to Land at Gale Crater

NASA’s next Mars rover will land at the foot of a layered mountain inside the planet’s Gale Crater. 

26 July 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
A northern portion of the rim of Endeavour Crater is visible on the horizon of this image taken by Opportunity on March 7, 2009.

Opportunity Closing In On Spirit Point At Endeavour Crater

Opportunity is only about 1.1 kilometers (0.68 miles) from “Spirit Point,” the first landfall on the rim of Endeavour crater.

25 July 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
This artist concept features NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars' past or present ability to sustain microbial life. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA to Announce Landing Site for New Mars Rover

NASA and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will host a news conference at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday, July 22 to announce the selected landing site for the agency’s latest Mars rover. NASA Television and the agency’s website will provide live coverage of the event that will be held at the museum’s Moving Beyond [...]

19 July 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Opportunity's view of the far-off rim of Endeavour Crater. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University

Mars Opportunity Rover Nears Endeavour Crater Rim

Opportunity is now within 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) of the first landfall on the rim of Endeavour crater, at a place called “Spirit Point.”

15 July 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
This artist concept features NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars' past or present ability to sustain microbial life. Curiosity is being tested in preparation for launch in the fall of 2011. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

New Animation Depicts Next Mars Rover in Action

Although NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory will not leave Earth until late this year nor land on Mars until August 2012, anyone can watch those dramatic events now in a new animation of the mission. The full, 11-minute animation, shows sequences such as the spacecraft separating from its launch vehicle near Earth and the mission’s rover, [...]

12 July 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Areas within Eberswalde crater (top left) and Gale crater (lower right) are the two finalists for the landing site of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission.

Two Possible Sites for Next Mars Rover

NASA’s next Mars rover will land either beside the site of a former river delta or beside a mountain of stacked layers. These enticing locations are the two finalists as the Mars Science Laboratory landing sites: Eberswalde crater and Gale crater. Selection of one of those sites is anticipated this month. The mission’s spacecraft, including [...]

11 July 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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Endeavour Crater Just Three Miles Away For Opportunity Mars Rover

Opportunity continues the trek towards Endeavour crater, now less than 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) away. The rover drove on four of the last six sols.

23 May 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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