Rover Tracks: Why Go A-Rovin'?

Mobility is magic: The Rover team equips their wheeled field geologists with spectrometers, cameras and grinding gear. But the amount and quality of science is massivley multiplied just by moving Spirit and Opportunity around.
Credit: Dave Brody/NASA-Cal Tech-JPL/Cornell U.

All Episodes of Rover Tracks

Behind the Science with the Mars Exploration Rovers' Human Family

Episode 1
Rover Tracks: Blueberries on Mars?

The Rover team is amazed as Opportunity finds billions of "perfect little spheres" of iron-rich hematite...
Episode 2
Rover Tracks: Dumb Luck - Opportunity at Meridiani

"To a certain extent, you make your own luck," says Rover boss Steve Squyres. The bet his team places...
Episode 3
Rover Tracks: Spirit at Gusev - Lucky Again

It's a nasty surprise. Scientists target what they think is an old lake-bed. But all Spirit can find...
Episode 4
Rover Tracks: The Strange Case of Bounce Rock

It's a visitor from...somewhere. But where? The Mars Exploration Rover Science Team gets a betting...
Episode 5
Rover Tracks: Favorite Family Photos

How does it feel to be standing on another world; one you've thought and dreamed about for decades?...
Episode 6
Rover Tracks: Robots with Rock Star Personalities

Yes, they're identical twins. But they've gone in very different directions; done diverse things, in...
Episode 7
Rover Tracks: Deep Water - Runs Still?

Every piece of bedrock at Meridiani seems to tell a tale of vast amounts of liquid water, flowing over...
Episode 8
Rover Tracks: Why Go A-Rovin'?

Mobility is magic: The Rover team equips their wheeled field geologists with spectrometers, cameras...
Episode 9
Rover Tracks: Being There - Controlling Missions on Mars

"You really get the sense you can feel those Rovers," claims Arthur Amador as he and other mission managers...

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