Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on Mars

Spirit's first look on Mars (Jan 4)

Spirits landing site as seen from Mars Global Surveyor. Note the various hardware pieces and the bouncing sites. (Jan 23)

First self-portrait showing Spirit (Jan 4)

Another self-portrait (Jan 4)

Spirit's First Color Image (Jan 6)

Detail: Wind-polished rocks (Jan 6)

Martian Horizon (Jan 6)

Very detailed color view of Mars' surface (Jan 6)

Airbag trails (Jan 7)

Sundial on Mars (Jan 8)

Martian Surface at an Angle (Jan 8)

Spirit lowers Wheels (Jan 9)

Spirit stand-up (Jan 9)

Spirit's US flag on Mars (Jan 9)

Spirit's Way down to Mars (Jan 11)

Full color panorama - left half - right half - detail (Jan 12)

Spirit's travel plan (Jan 13)

East hills, a possible destination for Spirit (Jan 13)

Spirit ready to egress (Jan 14)

Spirit's lander platform - after rolldown (Jan 15)

Spirit's instrument arm - microscopic investigation of Martian soil (Jan 16)

A Rock Called 'Adirondack', Spirit's first target for close inspection (Jan 19)

Spirit's Arm as it investigates the rock 'Adirondack' - yielding surprising results (Jan 20)

Spirit's Empty Mars Lander, the Columbia Memorial Station, at Gusev Crater, Mars, as photographed with spirit's panoramic camera on the 16th martian day, or sol, of the mission (Jan. 18/19, 2004).