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Celebrating Spirit & Opportunity’s 20th Anniversary Landing on Mars
Using footage filmed at JPL when Spirit touched down on Jan. 3, 2004, as well an animation depicting the rover's…
Spirit & Opportunity 20th Anniversary Poster
On the 20th anniversary of the landing of Spirit and Opportunity, celebrate NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Project with this two-sided poster…
Secrets of the Mars Rovers
In this season 4 finale, Gentry Lee and Rob Manning reveal how surprises, hidden flaws, and uncertainties have always been…
Digging In: When Rovers Get Dirt on Mars
Aaron Yazzie and others explain how, by scooping dirt and drilling rocks, rovers are digging deeper into the mysteries of…
The Power of the Rovers
How does a rover keep driving on a planet with no gas stations? Shonte Tucker, Sabah Bux and Rob Manning…
Before You Can Drive, First You Have to Fly
Al Chen and Swati Mohan guide us through the many stages of a rover’s flight to Mars.
How to Drive a Mars Rover
Buckle up for a Mars tour with rover driver Vandi Verma, and learn how NASA’s rovers have evolved to better…
A Ton of Curiosity
The Curiosity rover is a big nerd at heart, fitted with a science lab to take in the planet Mars.…
Perseverance Rover Sees Solar Eclipse on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to shoot video of Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, eclipsing the…
A Lifetime on Mars: The Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity
Born together, the Spirit and Opportunity twin rovers followed divergent paths after they landed on opposite sides of Mars. Opportunity’s…
Rise of the Twins: Spirit and Opportunity
After two failed missions to Mars, NASA tried to double its odds for success by sending twin rovers to the…
First Steps: Sojourner
NASA’s first rover on Mars was a cute little bundle of robotic joy. Many thought it was likely to fail.…
Driven to Mars
Episode one launches with Jennifer Trosper in the driver’s seat. As she looks in the rearview mirror at twenty-five years…
Preview: Mars Rovers
In the fourth season of “On a Mission” we’ll be transported to the Red Planet with all five of NASA’s…
Twin Rover Twins
Engineering models of the Curiosity Mars rover (foreground) and the Perseverance Mars rover share space in the garage at JPL’s…