All Articles Tagged As: opportunity

NASA's Mars Rover To Head Toward Bigger Crater (10/1/2008)

NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity is setting its sights on a crater more than 20 times larger than its home for the past two years. ...> Full Article

Mars air once had moisture, new soil analysis says (6/26/2008)

A new analysis of Martian soil data suggests that there was once enough water in the planet's atmosphere for a light drizzle or dew to hit the ground, leaving tell-tale signs of its interaction with the planet's surface. ...> Full Article

Opportunity Takes A Dip Into Victoria Crater (9/14/2007)

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity entered Victoria Crater for the first time September 11, 2007. It radioed home information via a relay by NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter, reporting its activities for the day. ...> Full Article

Martian Dust Storm Threatens Rovers (7/30/2007)

In the three-and-a-half years that they've been on Mars, the NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity have never seen anything like this: a large-scale dust storm that has darkened the skies and put the rovers in the gravest danger they have yet faced. ...> Full Article