Blogs & Articles

Before & after: Curiosity at Rocknest and the Kimberley

Dust on, dust off: Before-and-after comparisons of rover decks on Mars

Emily Lakdawalla • May 19, 2014 •

Curiosity and Opportunity self-portraits show one rover accumulating dust, the other losing it. Check out these cool before-and-after comparisons.

Field Report From Mars: Sol 3650 – May 2, 2014

Larry Crumpler • May 12, 2014 •

Opportunity is closing in on the next important outcrop area on the rim of Endeavour crater.

Another Day in the Solar System

Bill Dunford • May 12, 2014 •

One day, five worlds.

The Martian analemma as seen by Opportunity, Mars Years 28 and 29

A Martian analemma

Emily Lakdawalla • May 06, 2014 •

A Mars year's worth of Sun images from Opportunity demonstrates Mars' orbital motions as reflected in the changing apparent position of the Sun: the analemma.

The End of Opportunity and the Burden of Success

Casey Dreier • April 15, 2014 •

The Opportunity rover and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter are both zeroed out in NASA's 2015 budget. Learn why these missions face the axe and why the White House is forcing NASA to choose between existing missions and starting new ones.

Opportunity deck panorama, sol 3611-3613 (22-24 March 2014)

Look how clean Opportunity is now!

Emily Lakdawalla • April 09, 2014 •

While climbing Murray Ridge, Opportunity enjoyed a major cleaning event that has left the rover's solar panels more dust-free than they have been in years. The rover captured a pretty panorama of the newly clean deck with its Pancams, and James Sorenson processed the version shown here.