8/4/04- Is This a Picture of a Lake On Mars?
Bogeyman writes: Is this a lake on Mars ....look at the reflections in the water and why are there no potholes or craterholes in this area if it's not a lake ?Also look at the flow marks on the cliff above it ???????
Bogeyman

7/27/04- Mars Rock "Arnold Ziffel" Gets Close Examination by Opportunity

7/25/04- Spirit Reaches Engineering Flats. What Will Mars Reveal Next?
On sol 181 the plan for Spirit was to deploy the instrument deployment device for microscopic imaging, then perform a two-hour Mössbauer integration. The rover was to conduct miniature thermal emission spectrometer and navigation camera observations of rover-disturbed soil. After this, the rover was to

7/23/04- Possible traverse paths inside "Endurance Crater"
On sol 181 the plan for Spirit was to deploy the instrument deployment device for microscopic imaging, then perform a two-hour Mössbauer integration. The rover was to conduct miniature thermal emission spectrometer and navigation

7/18/04- Martian Winter Approaching For The Rovers

7/15/04- Sol 180 marked a grand accomplishment for Spirit

7/13/04- String Of Pearls and Different Clouds On Mars

7/9/04- Spirit analyzed the new targets "Breadbox" and "Sourdough"
On sol 175, Spirit analyzed the new targets "Breadbox" and "Sourdough" with its panoramic camera and miniature thermal emission spectrometer. Spirit then got an up-close look at Breadbox with the microscopic imager, and deployed the Mössbauer spectrometer on Sourdough for an overnight integration

7/5/04- Hank's Hollow And Pot-Of-Gold Under Heavy Inspection By Spirit

6/30/04- Spirit Rover Grinds Up "JAWS" While Opportunity Probes
On sol 167, Spirit looked at a bit of soil called "Jaws" with the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer and microscopic imager. Then the rover completed a drive intended to put

6/12/04- Spirit surveyed Columbia Hills with panoramic camera
During sols 148 through 151, Spirit advanced significantly closer to the "Columbia Hills" and now sits only 220 meters (722 feet) from its first target at the base, a location informally named "Spur

6/9/04- Mars Rover Opportunity Rolls Into Endurance Crater
NASA's Mars Opportunity rover began its latest adventure today inside the martian crater informally called Endurance. Opportunity will roll in with all six wheels, then back out to the rim to check traction by looking at its own track marks

6/3/04- Both Rovers Still Healthy - Opportunity Seeks Layered Crater
More than a month into bonus time after a successful primary mission on Mars, NASA's Spirit rover has sighted possibly layered rock in hills just ahead, while twin Opportunity has extended its arm to pockmarked stones on a crater rim to gather clues of a watery past.

5/30/04- Rovers Study stadium-sized impact crater On Mars
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is beginning on Thursday what controllers expect to be frequent use of an overnight "deep sleep" mode to conserve energy

5/19/04- No Proof Of Martians Yet. MarsRover Update
Spirit spent most of sol 127 continuing its drive toward the "Columbia Hills." The rover put approximately 70 more meters (229.7 feet) on its odometer and then took an hour-and-20-minute siesta. After the drive, Spirit took observations with the panoramic camera, navigation camera and mini thermal emission spectrometer

5/19/04- Opportunity Studies the Crater names "Endurance"
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has begun sampling rocks blasted out from a stadium-sized impact crater the rover is circling, and the very first one may extend our understanding about the region's wet past

4/10/04- 3 Months Down, 5 To Go: Mars Rover Status
NASA has approved an extended mission for the Mars Exploration Rovers, handing them up to five months of overtime assignments as they finish their three-month prime mission

4/6/04- Mars Rover Reveals Possibilities of UFOs on Mars
I must tell you, I saw your posting of UFOs on Rover pictures and was relieved. I have been noting UFOs in both the Rover and Opportunity pictures for a long while and have quite a collection.

4/5/04- Mars Rover Spirit Reached criteria for prime mission completion
Spirit woke up on sol 91, which ended at 6:38 p.m. PDT on April 5, 2004, as if it were any other martian day, but this one was special. Finishing 90 sols of surface operations since landing day marked completion of the last of the

4/4/04- UFO on Mars Picture collection - Mars Rovers Discoveries
Mars Rover Spirit Landed in Early January, 2004, and here we are just a few days Spirit's 90 day mark on Mars. So-far the Mission proved to be a drop dead success. The discoveries by scientists and NASA go beyond any proof ever presented before that

4/2/04- Spirit Off To Columbia Hills As Opportunity Goes to Endurance Crater
Spirit spent most of Sol 88, which ended at 3:39 p.m. PST on April 2, driving toward the "Columbia Hills." Before beginning the drive, Spirit acquired some pre-drive remote sensing, which included panoramic camera photometry and

4/2/04- Water Confirmed On Both Sides Of Mars, Now What About Life?
Spirit Finds Multi-Layer Hints of Past Water at Mars' Gusev Site
"The evidence is in the form of multiple coatings on the rock, as well as fractures that are filled with alteration material

3/31/04- Two Wounded Rovers On Mars Recovering and pushing onward
Since the rock abrasion tool completed a full-circle grind into the "New York" and "Brooklyn" targets on the rock "Mazatzal," it was time for Spirit to do some analysis. Spirit spent much of Sol 85, which ended at 1:41 p.m. PST on March 30, successfully

3/27/04- Mars Rover Might Have a fossil in a Martian Rock. See the Picture

3/26/04- Mars Rover Update 3/26/04 Still Rolling Away
Spirit began sol 81, which ended at 11:02 a.m. PST on March 26, 2004, by stopping the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer integration and then imaging the instrument's placement

3/23/04- Mars Rover Opportunity Finds Salty Sea Full Of Evidence
A salty sea was Once covering the Meridiani Planum Area on Mars! Nasa conducted a press briefing at 2pm est underlying their finds

3/22/04- More Anomalies From The Mars Rovers - What are these Objects On Mars?

3/21/04- Serpent drift on Mars Evaluated by Spirit Rover
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this pair of microscopic imager pictures of the drift dubbed "Serpent" on Spirit's 73rd martian day on Mars after successfully digging into the side of the drift. The left image, which has a black box at the top caused by missing data, captures a transition part of the

3/20/04- Mars Rovers Send Back A UFO Streaking Across Mars Atmosphere
Thursday NASA Announced a UFO (unidentified Flying Object) was captured on film by the Rover Spirit which is still rolling on mars. The image appears as a streaking light moving horizontally above the surface of mars

3/18/04- Blueberries On Mars Mystery Finally Gets A Foothold
A major ingredient in small mineral spheres analyzed by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity furthers understanding of past water at Opportunity's landing site and

3/12/04- Atmospheric temperature measured from Mars

3/12/04- Camera image mosaic revealing "Bonneville" crater in its entirety.
On the 66th martian day, or sol, of its mission, the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit finished a drive and sent back this navigation camera image mosaic revealing "Bonneville" crater in its entirety

3/12/04- Spirit Eyes Bonneville Crater And Sees New Landscape
Spirit has also been looking up, seeing stars and the first observation of Earth from the surface of another planet. Its twin, Opportunity, has shown scientists a "mother lode

3/5/04- NASA Evaluates Rabbit Buffalo Skull Found On Mars
Like a rabbit in a hat, the identity of an oddity that looks like "bunny ears" in a picture from Mars has eluded the science and engineering teams. The public, also fascinated with the mysterious object, has asked in a slew of e-mails: What is it?

3/2/04- NASA Anounces Water Once Flowed On MARS!!!!!!
Evidence the rover found in a rock outcrop led scientists to the conclusion. Clues from the rocks' composition, such as the presence of sulfates, and the rocks' physical appearance, such as niches where crystals grew, helped make the case for a watery history.

2/23/04- Opportunity Examines Trench On Mars As Spirit Prepares To Dig One
By inspecting the sides and floor of a hole it dug on Mars, NASA's Opportunity rover is finding some things it did not see beforehand, including round pebbles that are shiny and soil so fine-grained that the rover's microscope can't make out individual particles.

2/15/04- The Microscopic Imager On Mars Rovers
The Microscopic Imager is a combination of a microscope and a CCD camera that will provide information on the small-scale features of Martian rocks and soils. It will complement the findings of other science instruments by producing close-up views of surface materials. Some of those materials will be in their natural state, while others may be views of fresh surfaces exposed by the Rock Abrasion Tool.

2/15/04- The rover's eyes, senses, and engineering Cameras
Mounted on the lower portion of the front and rear of the rover, these black-and-white cameras use visible light to capture three-dimensional (3-D) imagery. This imagery safeguards against the rover getting lost or inadvertently crashing into unexpected obstacles, and works in tandem with software that allows the rover make its own safety choices and to "think on its own

2/15/04- Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES) Testing Minerals on Mars
Mini-TES is an infrared spectrometer that can determine the mineralogy of rocks and soils from a distance by detecting their patterns of thermal radiation. All warm objects emit heat, but different objects emit heat differently. This variation in thermal radiation can help scientists identify the minerals on Mars

2/15/04- Mössbauer Spectrometer (MB) On Nasa's Mars Rovers
Many of the minerals that formed rocks on Mars contain iron, and the soil is iron-rich. The Mössbauer Spectrometer is an instrument that was specially designed to study iron-bearing minerals. Because this science instrument is so specialized, it can determine the composition and abundance of these minerals to a high level of accuracy. This ability can also help us understand the magnetic properties of surface materials.

2/15/04- Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) on Mars Rovers
The APXS is designed to study the alpha particles and x-rays emitted by rocks and soils in order to determine their elemental chemistry. Alpha particles are emitted during radioactive decay and X-rays are a type of electromagnetic radiation, like light and microwaves

2/15/04- Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) on the Mars Rover
The Rock Abrasion Tool is a powerful grinder, able to create a hole 45 millimeters (about 2 inches) in diameter and 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) deep into a rock on the Martian surface.

2/15/04- Magnet Arrays Used on the Mars Mission
Mars is a dusty place and some of that dust is highly magnetic. Magnetic minerals carried in dust grains may be freeze-dried remnants of the planet´s watery past. A periodic examination of these particles and their patterns of accumulation on magnets of varying strength can reveal clues about their mineralogy and the planet´s geologic history.

2/15/04- NAsa's Mars Rover Mission Status as of Feb. 14th 2004
On its 41st sol, which ended at 8:39 a.m. Saturday, PST, Spirit examined the crest and trough of a drift formation encountered on its journey, then moved to a nearby rock.

2/9/04- Mars Rover Photo Of UFO In Mars Horizon
Is this a UFO Thats been innadvertently picked up on camera by the Mars Rover ???
Could be a moon or planet maybe ???????
What do you think ??

1/26/04- Mars Rover Spirit Confirms Flash Memory Problem. Critical to Serious
Hours before NASA's Opportunity rover will reach Mars, engineers have found a way to communicate reliably with its twin, Spirit, and to get Spirit's computer out of a cycle of rebooting many times a day.

1/26/04- Mars Rover Opportunity Lands On Mars And Spots Unusual Rocks
A small impact crater on Mars is the new home for NASA's Opportunity rover, and a larger crater lies nearby. Scientists value such crater locations as a way to see what's beneath the surface without needing to dig.

1/23/04- NASA Rover Spirit Out Of Commission For Now, But May Be Hope
The flight team for NASA's Spirit received data from the rover in a communication session that began at 13:26 Universal Time (5:26 a.m. PST) and lasted 20 minutes at a data rate of 120 bits per second.

1/22/04- NASA Loses Contact With Mars Rover Spirit - Another Mars Anomaly
We know that we have had a very serious anomaly on the vehicle," said Pete Theisinger, manager of the $400 million Spirit mission.

1/15/04- NASA Rover Spirit Is On The Surface Of Mars.
Spirit is now ready to start its mission of exploration and discovery. We have six wheels in the dirt," said JPL Director Dr. Charles Elachi.
Since Spirit landed inside Mars' Gusev Crater on Jan. 3 (PST and EST; Jan. 4 Universal Time), JPL engineers have put it through a careful sequence of unfolding, standing up, checking its surroundings and other steps leading up to today's drive-off.