Tuktoyuktuk Up Close - Mars exploration rover images
Tuktoyuktuk Up Close NASA/JPL/Cornell/USGS Public domain photograph of planet Mars surface, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tests to Help Plan Opportunity Moves
Rover engineers check how a test rover moves in material chosen to simulate some difficult Mars driving conditions. The scene is inside the In-Situ Instrument Laboratory at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasad... More
Spirit Studies Rock Outcrop at Home Plate
This image shows two flat-topped, layered rocks with angular edges almost side by side, except they are separated by a smaller rock and two thin channels of reddish-brown sand. The bare rock surfaces are a ligh... More
Opportunity View on Sols 1803 and 1804 Polar
Opportunity View on Sols 1803 and 1804 Polar NASA/JPL-Caltech
Opportunity Surroundings on Sol 1950 Polar
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take the images combined into this 360-degree polar view of the rover surroundings on the 1,950th Martian day, or sol, of its surface missio... More
Block Island Meteorite on Mars, Sol 1961 False Color
This view of a rock called Block Island, the largest meteorite yet found on Mars, comes from the panoramic camera Pancam on NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell
Block Island Meteorite on Mars, Sol 1961 Stereo
Composition measurements by NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity confirm that this rock on the Martian surface is an iron-nickel meteorite. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Corne... More
Yankee Clipper Crater on Mars Stereo
Yankee Clipper crater on Mars carries the name of the command and service module of NASA 1969 Apollo 12 mission to the moon. NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded this stereo view on Nov. 4, 2010. 3D... More
Yankee Clipper Crater on Mars. NASA public domain image colelction.
This mosaic is a view from NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity of Yankee Clipper crater which carries the name of the command and service module of NASA 1969 Apollo 12 mission to the moon. NASA/JPL-Caltech
Spirit Look Ahead After Sol 1866 Drive
This scene combines three frames taken by the navigation camera on NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the 1,866th Martian day, or sol, of Spirit mission on Mars April 3, 2009. It spans 120 degrees, with ... More
Huge Dust Devil Northwest of Spirit, Sol 1919
Researchers used the navigation camera on NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit to look for dust devils near the rover during the mission 1,919th Martian day, or sol May 27, 2009. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University/ASU
New Record Five-Wheel Drive, Spirit Sol 1856
New Record Five-Wheel Drive, Spirit Sol 1856 NASA/JPL-Caltech
Opportunity View After 72-Meter Drive, Sol 1912 Stereo
NASA Opportunity had driven 72.3 meters southward 237 feet on June 10. Engineers drove the rover backward as a strategy to counteract an increase in the amount of current drawn by the drive motor of the right-f... More
New Record Five-Wheel Drive, Spirit Sol 1856 Stereo
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took these images that have been combined into this stereo, 180-degree view of the rover surroundings on March 23, 2009. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image. NASA/JPL-Caltech
Opportunity View After 72-Meter Drive, Sol 1912 Vertical
NASA Opportunity had driven 72.3 meters southward 237 feet that sol. Engineers drove the rover backward as a strategy to counteract an increase in the amount of current drawn by the drive motor of the right-fro... More
Opportunity Surroundings After Backwards Drive, Sol 1850
NASA Opportunity had driven 62.5 meters 205 feet that sol, southward away from an outcrop called Penrhyn, which the rover had been examining for a few sols, and toward a crater called Adventure. This is a cylin... More
Spirit Photographs Her Underbelly, SOL 1925
This panorama of images from the Spirit rover, taken on Sol 1925 June 2, 2009, is helping engineers assess the rover current state and plan her extraction from the soft soil in the region now called Troy. NASA/JPL/USGS
Spirit View of Own Underbelly, Sol 1925 Stereo
This stereo view combines a pair of images taken by the microscopic imager on NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the 1,925th Martian day sol of Spirit mission on Mars June 2, 2009. 3D glasses are necessa... More
Murray Ridge on Rim of Endeavour Crater on Mars
This scene shows the Murray Ridge portion of the western rim of Endeavour Crater on Mars as seen by NASA rover Opportunity; this feature is called Murray Ridge in tribute to Bruce Murray 1931-2013, an influenti... More
Spirit Look Ahead on Sol 1869
This scene combines three frames taken by the navigation camera on NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the 1,869th Martian day, or sol, of Spirit mission on Mars April 6, 2009. It spans 120 degrees, with ... More
View in Travel Direction, Sol 1870, with Rock Garden
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit used its rear hazard avoidance camera to take this view toward the south during the 1,899th Martian day, or sol, of Spirit mission on Mars May 6, 2009. NASA/JPL-Caltech
Opportunity View After 72-Meter Drive, Sol 1912
NASA Opportunity had driven 72.3 meters southward 237 feet that sol. Engineers drove the rover backward as a strategy to counteract an increase in the amount of current drawn by the drive motor of the right-fro... More
Opportunity View After 72-Meter Drive, Sol 1912 Polar
NASA Opportunity had driven 72.3 meters southward 237 feet that sol. Engineers drove the rover backward as a strategy to counteract an increase in the amount of current drawn by the drive motor of the right-fro... More
Dust Devil West of Spirit, Sol 1913 Stereo
The navigation camera on NASA Spirit caught this stereo view of a dust devil during the on May 21, 2009. The view is to the west from Spirit position at the Troy location where Spirit had become embedded a few ... More
Spirit Descent to Mars-1983. NASA public domain image colelction.
Spirit Descent to Mars-1983 NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of planet Mars surface, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Spirit Wheels Digging into Soft Ground, Sol 1899
Wheel slippage during attempts to extricate NASA's Mars Rover Spirit from a patch of soft ground during the preceding two weeks had partially buried the wheels by the 1,899th Martian day, or sol, of the Spirit'... More
Mars Rover Opportunity Panorama of Marathon Valley Stereo
"Marathon Valley" on Mars opens northeastward in this stereo scene from the panoramic camera (Pancam) of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. The image combines views from the left eye and right eye of t... More
Mars Rover Opportunity Panorama of Marathon Valley (Enhanced Color)
"Marathon Valley" on Mars opens northeastward to a view across the floor of Endeavour Crater in this scene from the panoramic camera (Pancam) of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. In this version of the... More
Time for a Change; Spirit View on Sol 1843 Vertical
Time for a Change; Spirit View on Sol 1843 Vertical NASA/JPL-Caltech
Time for a Change; Spirit View on Sol 1843
Time for a Change; Spirit View on Sol 1843 NASA/JPL-Caltech
Opportunity View After Long Drive on Sol 1770
Opportunity View After Long Drive on Sol 1770 NASA/JPL-Caltech
View Ahead After Spirit Sol 1861 Drive
View Ahead After Spirit Sol 1861 Drive NASA/JPL-Caltech Public domain photograph of planet Mars surface, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mars Rover Opportunity Panorama of Marathon Valley
"Marathon Valley" on Mars opens northeastward to a view across the floor of Endeavour Crater in this scene from the panoramic camera (Pancam) of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. The scene merges mult... More
Time for a Change; Spirit View on Sol 1843 Stereo
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit used its navigation camera to take the images that have been combined into this stereo, full-circle view of the rover surroundings on March 10, 2009. 3D glasses are necessary ... More
Spirit View Beside Home Plate on Sol 1823 Stereo
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit used its navigation camera to take the images that have been combined into this stereo, 180-degree view of the rover surroundings on Feb. 17, 2009. 3D glasses are necessary to... More
Very Dusty Solar Panel on Spirit, Sol 1811
Very Dusty Solar Panel on Spirit, Sol 1811 NASA/JPL-Caltech
Spirit Slipping in Soft Ground, Sol 1889
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit slipped in soft ground during short backward drives on the 1,886th and 1,889th Martian days, or sols, of the rover's mission on Mars (April 23 and 26, 2009). Spirit used its... More
Artist Concept of Mars Exploration Rover
Artist concept of NASA Artist concept of Mars Exploration Rover MER from December, 2002. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA04239 NASA/JPL
Artist Concept of Mars Exploration Rover
Artist concept of NASA Artist concept of Mars Exploration Rover MER from December, 2002. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA04240 NASA/JPL
Artist Concept of Rover on Mars
An artist concept portrays a NASA Mars Exploration Rover on the surface of Mars. Two rovers were launched in 2003 and arrived at sites on Mars in January 2004. NASA/JPL/Cornell University
Rover 1 in Cruise Stage. NASA public domain image colelction.
NASA Rover 1 sits atop the deployed lander with its solar arrays and wheels stowed. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Parachute Test - NASA Rover images
NASA Mars Exploration Rover parachute deployment testing in the world largest wind tunnel at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, Calif. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Rover 1 and Lander - NASA Rover images
A Martian mechanic checks beneath the completely deployed NASA Rover 1 lander. Atop the lander is Rover 1 with its wheels and solar arrays in the stowed position. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Robotic Arm of Rover 1. NASA public domain image colelction.
JPL engineers examine the robotic arm of NASA Mars Exploration Rover 1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Rover Family Photo - NASA Rover images
Members of the Mars Exploration Rovers Assembly, Test and Launch Operations team gather around NASA Rover 2 and its predecessor, a flight spare of the Pathfinder mission Sojourner rover, named Marie Curie. Jet ... More
2 Stages of Deployment - NASA Rover images
The twin rovers sit side-by-side in different stages of deployment. NASA Rover 2 left front wheels are stowed, while NASA Rover 1 front wheels are deployed. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Rover 1 and Lander - NASA Rover images
NASA Rover 1 sits atop the deployed lander with its solar arrays and wheels stowed. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Rover 2 Driving Test - NASA Rover images
NASA Rover 2 is driven over staggered ramps to test the suspension range of motion. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Rover 1 Solar Arrays - NASA Rover images
JPL engineers hand-deploying the solar arrays that provide the electrical power on NASA Mars Exploration Rover 1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Rovers and Sojourner - NASA Rover images
The twin rovers of NASAa Mars Exploration Rover Mission pose with their groundbreaking predecessor, the flight spare of the Sojourner rover from NASA 1997 Pathfinder mission. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Rover 2 Assembly - NASA Rover images
NASA Rover 2 equipment deck, with solar arrays partially deployed, in NASA JPL Spacecraft Assembly Facility cleanroom. NASA/JPL
Environmental Testing - NASA Rover images
NASA Rover 1 in the cruise configuration in Jet Propulsion Laboratory 25-ft Solar Thermal Vacuum Chamber where it underwent environmental testing. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Adjustments to Rover 1 - NASA Rover images
JPL engineers making adjustments to NASA Mars Exploration Rover 1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars Exploration Rover Makes Progress
One of two Mars Exploration Rovers sits inside its cruise stage waiting to undergo environmental testing at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA/JPL
Mars Exploration Rover - Mars exploration rover images
One of two Mars Exploration Rovers sits inside its cruise stage waitingto undergo environmental testing at NASA Jet PropulsionLaboratory. NASA/JPL
Mars Exploration Rover - Mars exploration rover images
Mars Exploration Rover MER spacecraft. This image shows the aeroshell, which includes the backshell as well as the heatshield. NASA/JPL
Mars Exploration Rover - Mars exploration rover images
Mars Exploration Rover MER spacecraft -- areoshell encapsulating the rover and lander plus cruise stage. NASA/JPL
Mars Exploration Rover - Mars exploration rover images
Mars Exploration Rover MER spacecraft -- areoshell encapsulating the rover and lander plus cruise stage. NASA/JPL
Mars Exploration Rover - Mars exploration rover images
Mars Exploration Rover MER spacecraft -- areoshell encapsulating the rover and lander plus cruise stage. NASA/JPL
Rover Team - Mars exploration rover images
Rover team members with the Mars Exploration Rover. NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a spacecraft, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Two Generations of Rovers - Mars exploration rover images
Two generations of Rovers. NASA/JPL
Rover 2 Moved to Workstand. NASA public domain image colelction.
The Mars Exploration Rover-2 is moved to a workstand in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. NASA/JPL
Crane Lowers Aeroshell - Mars exploration rover images
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, an overhead crane lowers the Mars Exploration Rover MER aeroshell toward a rotation stand. NASA/JPL
Closed Aeroshell - Mars exploration rover images
Suspended by an overhead crane in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Mars Exploration Rover MER aeroshell is guided by workers as it moves to a rotation stand. NASA/JPL
Bottom of Aeroshell - Mars exploration rover images
The aeroshell for Mars Exploration Rover 2 rests on end after rotation in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. NASA/JPL
Opening Aeroshell - Mars exploration rover images
Technicians maneuver the aeroshell for Mars Exploration Rover 2 onto a workstand in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. NASA/JPL
Mars Exploration Rover 1 - Mars exploration rover images
Engineers for NASA Mars Exploration Rover Mission are completing assembly and testing for the twin robotic geologists at JPL. NASA/JPL
Mars Exploration Rover 2 - Mars exploration rover images
Engineers for NASA Mars Exploration Rover Mission are completing assembly and testing for the twin robotic geologists at JPL. NASA/JPL
Lander Petals of Rover 2. NASA public domain image colelction.
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians reopen the lander petals of the Mars Exploration Rover 2 MER-2 to allow access to one of the spacecraft circuit boards. NASA/JPL/KSC
Rover 2 - Mars exploration rover images
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the lander petals of the Mars Exploration Rover 2 MER-2 have been reopened and its solar panels deployed to allow technicians access to the spacecraft to remove one ... More
Circuit Boards on Rover 2. NASA public domain image colelction.
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians remove one of the circuit boards on the Mars Exploration Rover 2 MER-2. NASA/JPL/KSC
Chip with 35,000 Signatures - Mars exploration rover images
This closeup shows the size of the computer chip that holds about 35,000 laser-engraved signatures of visitors to the Mars Exploration Rovers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA/JPL/KSC
Air Bag Installation - Mars exploration rover images
Air bags are installed on the lander on Mars Exploration Rover 1 MER-1. NASA/JPL/KSC
Heat Shield Preparation - Mars exploration rover images
Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility prepare the heat shield that will be attached to the backshell, surrounding Mars Exploration Rover 1 MER-1. NASA/JPL/KSC
Preflight Processing - Mars exploration rover images
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers prepare to lift the Mars Exploration Rover-1 MER-B onto a spin table during preflight processing of the spacecraft. NASA/JPL/KSC
Mars Exploration Rover, Vertical Artist Concept
An artist's concept portrays a NASA Mars Exploration Rover on the surface of Mars. Two rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, will reach Mars in January 2004. Each has the mobility and toolkit to function as a robotic... More
View in Front of Spirit. NASA public domain image colelction.
View in Front of Spirit NASA/JPL
First Look at Spirit on Mars. NASA public domain image colelction.
First Look at Spirit on Mars NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
First Look Behind Spirit - Mars exploration rover images
First Look Behind Spirit NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View From Above Spirit on Mars. NASA public domain image colelction.
View From Above Spirit on Mars NASA/JPL
First Look at Spirit at Landing Site
First Look at Spirit at Landing Site NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Spirit Descent to Mars-1706. NASA public domain image colelction.
Spirit Descent to Mars-1706 NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of planet Mars surface, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Spirit Descent to Mars-1433. NASA public domain image colelction.
Spirit Descent to Mars-1433 NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of planet Mars surface, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View From Above Spirit on Mars-2
View From Above Spirit on Mars-2 NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a spacecraft, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
First Look at Spirit on Mars-2. NASA public domain image colelction.
First Look at Spirit on Mars-2 NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Seeing Rust - Mars exploration rover images
Seeing Rust NASA/JPL/Cornell Public domain photograph related to NASA research activity, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Left Panorama of Spirit Landing Site
Left Panorama of Spirit Landing Site NASA/JPL/Cornell Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Right Panorama of Spirit Landing Site
Right Panorama of Spirit Landing Site NASA/JPL/Cornell Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
First 3-D Panorama of Spirit Landing Site
This sprawling look at the martian landscape surrounding the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is the first 3-D stereo image from the rover navigation camera. Sleepy Hollow can be seen to center left of the image. ... More
Facing the Sun - Mars exploration rover images
Facing the Sun JPL/NASA/Cornell
First Color Image from Spirit. NASA public domain image colelction.
First Color Image from Spirit NASA/JPL/Cornell Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Windtails Show Direction of Martian Winds
Windtails Show Direction of Martian Winds NASA/JPL/Cornell Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wind-polished rocks - Mars exploration rover images
Wind-polished rocks NASA/JPL/Cornell Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Spirit Airbags Leave Trail - Mars exploration rover images
Spirit Airbags Leave Trail NASA/JPL/Cornell Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
JPL Testbed Image of Inflated Airbags
Airbags are fully inflated in this photograph taken at the JPL In-Situ Instrument Laboratory or Testbed, where engineers simulated the orientation of the airbags during the deflation process. NASA/JPL
JPL Testbed Image of Deflated Airbag
This image shows the airbags in deflated position at the JPL In-Situ Instrument Laboratory, where engineers tested the airbags to ensure a safe landing on Mars. NASA/JPL
JPL Testbed Image of Airbag Retraction
This image shows the deflated airbags retracted underneath the lander petal at the JPL In-Situ Instrument Laboratory. NASA/JPL
Airbag Deflates on Mars - Mars exploration rover images
Airbag Deflates on Mars NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Martian Horizon - Mars exploration rover images
Martian Horizon NASA/JPL/Cornell Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mars in Stereo - Mars exploration rover images
Martian terrain is seen in this 3-D image taken by the panoramic camera on NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image. NASA/JPL/Cornell