Emily Lakdawalla • January 3, 2014
The Planetary Society is holding a virtual "Rover Party" to celebrate 10 years of the Mars Exploration Rovers exploring the surface of Mars. (I can't believe it's been 10 years!!) Planetary Society President Jim Bell and I got together to look back at just a few of the great images that both rovers have taken, and tell stories about them. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!
Jim Bell leads the camera team for the Mars Exploration Rovers that reached Mars exactly 10 years ago. He's also the best-selling author of "Postcards From Mars" and other books, and he is President of the Planetary Society Board. Senior Editor Emily Lakdawalla talks with Jim about some of his favorite images of the Red Planet.
Because the video can't do justice to the great images, here are all the images that we discuss in the video.
NASA / JPL / Cornell
NASA / JPL / Emily Lakdawalla
NASA / JPL / USGS / Cornell
NASA / JPL / Cornell / Emily Lakdawalla
NASA / JPL / Cornell
NASA / JPL / Cornell / Emily Lakdawalla
NASA / JPL-Caltech / Cornell
NASA / JPL / Cornell
Finally, here's a super-cool graphical timeline of the Spirit and Opportunity missions, put together by one of the fine members of unmannedspaceflight.com.
Unmannedspaceflight.com user MoreInput
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