- NASA Mars Exploration Rover Mission
Provides information about the twin robot geologists, the Spirit and Opportunity Rovers, that landed on Mars in January 2004 in search of answers about the history of water on Mars. Includes mission updates and extensive photo galleries.
marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home
- Missions to Mars: Athena 2003
Mission will study the geology and chemistry of the planet, and Mars Sample Return and Athena are the first space projects designed to return rock samples from another planet.
athena.cornell.edu
- NASA's M2K4: Roaming the Red Planet
Discusses the lure of Mars exploration as well as its challenges. See images from the Red Planet and take a tour of the anatomy of Spirit and Opportunity Mars Rovers.
www.nasa.gov/externalflash/m2k4/frameset.html
- Maestro Headquarters
Explore Mars with the program that NASA scientists use to operate Spirit and Opportunity.
mars.telascience.org/home
- BBC: Exploring Mars
Features in-depth coverage of the NASA and ESA efforts to unlock the scientific mysteries of Mars.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2003/race_for_mars/default.stm
- Mars Exploration Rover Mission - Wikipedia
Hyperlinked article about NASA's crewless Mars exploration mission using the rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Includes a timeline and notes on the design of the rovers.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Exploration_Rover_Mission
- Mars Exploration Rover Mission Photo Contest
See Spirit's winning photo Sunset, which captures the sun as it sinks beneath the rim of Gusev Crater, along with a dozen runners up from Opportunity as well.
marsdata1.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/photoContest/index.cfm
- Mini-Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES)
Provides information about the Arizona State University instrument to be a part of the Athena package on the 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers.
minites.asu.edu
- Sign Up for Mars!
NASA invites you to send your name to Mars on the next Mars Exploration Rover-2003 mission.
spacekids.hq.nasa.gov/2003
- Roving Mars (2006)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../IMAX/Roving_Mars__2006_
- Red Planet Rovers: A New Era in Mars Exploration
SPACE.com feature page with news, photos, and background information about NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers - Spirit and Opportunity.
www.space.com/marsrover
- news@nature.com: Mission to Mars
Rounds up the best of their ongoing coverage of the latest Martian news from NASA and the ESA.
www.nature.com/news/infocus/mars.html
- Exploratorium: Journey to Mars
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Includes information and images from the Mars Exploration Rovers, webcasts, classroom material for teachers, and more.
www.exploratorium.edu/mars
- MarsQuest Online: Rover Images
Flash site featuring the latest images from NASA's twin Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Includes panoramas, daily image updates, closeups, and a full image library.
www.marsquestonline.org/mer
- JPL Mars Exploration Rovers
NASA's JPL offers daily mission updates along with the latest images from the Spirit and Opportunity Rovers as they explore the geology of Mars.
www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mer
- MER-A: The Complete Spirit Mission
Article archive and multimedia collection of SPACE.com's coverage of Mars Exploration Rover-A, Spirit.
www.space.com/marsrover/spirit_archive.html
- Mars Exploration Rover Imagery
Presents raw and synthesized images from the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity.
www.lyle.org/mars
- MER-B: The Complete Opportunity Mission
SPACE.com Mars Rover special report with current news, archived reports, and multimedia presentations.
www.space.com/marsrover/opportunity_archive.html
- Kennedy Space Center: Virtual Launch Control Center
Provides online coverage of launch day events and mission events for the Mars Exploration Rovers.
www.ksc.nasa.gov/elvnew/mera/vlcc.htm
- Mars Rover Blog
Unofficial blog and forum following the Martian odysseys of NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity.
www.markcarey.com/mars
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