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Forward camera view from Opportunity as the rover attempts to climb up a slope toward the wall of Victoria Crater.

Opportunity is Still Rockin'!

Is there life on Mars? Well, that investigation is still ongoing–but from a cybernetic perspective, the surface of Mars is literally crawling with it: in the form of robots!

 
Ben Burress

Post on Aug 29, 2008 by

Near Mars Object

Near Mars Object

Victoria Crater on Mars, similar in size to the crater the near-Mars asteroid 2007 WD 5 would have produced. Credit: NASA/Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter The possibility that a sizable asteroid would strike the planet Mars on January 30th temporarily raised the excitement level in the astronomical community to a pretty high level in the last couple [...]

 
Ben Burress

Post on Jan 16, 2008 by

Postcards from Mars

Postcards from Mars

Picture of the edge of Victoria Crater superimposed with image of the rover Opportunity. Credit: NASA/JPLMars is not only on the horizon, it's become a sky-high creature of the night…and so, it's time to blog about the Red Planet once again, and to showcase a few favorite pictures from the veteran robots presently exploring that [...]

 
Ben Burress

Post on Dec 07, 2007 by