Rover landings: Cornell on Mars

Mission reports Mars rovers find new evidence of 'habitable niche'
Images show threat the rovers face in giant Martian dust storm
Martian dust storm threatens rovers' survival
Rover Spirit finds evidence of pyroclastic activity on Mars
Squyres and Bell introduce Mars crater with a stunning view and a perspective of the past
Opportunity's view at the rim of Victoria: 'just breathtaking'
Wish you were here: 'Postcards from Mars,' signed, Spirit and Opportunity
Cornell goes to the movies: Mars and Steve Squyres' rovers star in IMAX spectacular
Spirit completes her first Martian trip around the sun
Lucky Spirit and even luckier Opportunity continue their odyssey with drama and discovery
NASA's Opportunity Rover Rolls Free on Mars
Rover mission extended for 18 months--or as long as parts hold up
Opportunity's research featured in special issue of Science
Lengthening mission challenges researchers in Ithaca lab
Rover missions extended again as Mars emerges from behind Sun
Spirit finally finds bedrock -- and new evidence of water
Cornell's Steve Squyres weighs in on Mars mission findings, future
Cornell astronomers report on Mars, in Science special issue
Rovers' eye views: Images and Quicktime VR
Most bizarre rock yet seen on Mars
Spirit reaches hills, Opportunity enters Endurance Crater
Opportunity dips its toe into Endurance crater's steep basin
Rover Opportunity begins descent into Endurance crater
At Endurance crater, deepest and most spectacular view yet
Rovers to rove until mid-September
Opportunity examines basaltic Bounce, while Spirit heads for the hills
Opportunity finds evidence of salty Martian sea
First images of Martian moons crossing the sun
After 100 days of roving, Spirit and Opportunity find mission a grind (March 5)
Proof that water once was abundant on Mars
Up, down and all around: Rovers assembling big picture of Mars (February 26)
Rover-dug trench reveals mystery of glistening globules
Rover Opportunity goes ditch digging on Mars
Rover Spirit spots warm-air pockets rising in Martian atmosphere
Panoramic images from Spirit and Opportunity
Spirit recovers, Opportunity targets rocks
Opportunity's systems declared healthy, as Spirit lives on
It's colder in the northeast than on Mars
Cornell MarsLab produces a panorama

The landings and rolloff Opportunity lands on Mars and sends images of strange new world
Spirit answers Earth commands, a positive sign it is still functioning
Rover Spirit develops communications problems
Rover Spirit rolls onto the Martian surface
New image shows hills, possible goal of rover
Rover set to roll off lander in pre-dawn hours Thursday
Squyres named ABC's 'Person of the Week'
Rover instrument finds possible 'tracer' of water; rover stands up
Mars sundial gets its day in the sun; airbag still intrudes
Another seven days of waiting before Spirit gets rolling
Mars pancam sends first color image
Cornell lands on Mars: "We hit the sweet spot"
Students greet landing with elation -- and exhaustion
At Cornell, cheers and champagne

About the launches Athena science payload arrives at Canaveral (March, 2003)
CU astronomers prepare for first launch (May 2003)
Spirit is launched: rover's seven-month journey begins (June 10, 2003)
Opportunity has left the planet, bound for Meridiani Planum (July 7, 2003)
CU alumni behind the scenes of rocket launch
Rover Spirit heads for a Jan. 3 landing on the red planet (Dec. 11, 2003)

Rover science program As Mars mission turns to remote operations, Cornell's MarsLab takes on major new role
NASA chooses Cornell to lead science effort for Mars mission (2000)
How Earth will receive stunning, high-resolution views
Processing images in the Ithaca MarsLab
Tiny abrasion tool could help reveal geology of Mars
Rover wheels will dig holes to study Martian soil
Bill Nye's 'cool' interplanetary sundial heads for Mars
Proud parent Squyres describes how rover 'kids' are different
Mars Odyssey orbiter is the communications link for Rovers (2001)
Science team leader will live a 25-hour day
Athena Web site includes astronomer's historic journal
Video simulation previews the mission
Who's who at Cornell in Mars Athena program
Biography of principal scientific investigator Steven W. Squyres
Timeline -- Cornell's role in missions to Mars: 1962-2003

Students on the Mars team Two Cornell women encourage girls in science and engineering
Mars landings employ cool young science students
Undergraduates discover Mars research isn't just for postdocs
Student helps write rovers' to-do lists
Outreach Jim Bell publishes 'Postcards From Mars'
Workshop helps teachers inspire new generation of explorers
Students create a rover for Smithsonian
U.S. has breakfast with Mars scientist Squyres (June 6, 2003)
High school students drive a prototype rover (1999)
Elementary school students build miniature rovers (1999)
Rover replica tours science museums (2002)

Links Cornell Athena web site
Steve Squyres' weekly journal from July 1999 to the present
Video simulations of the Rover launch, landing and deployment
JPL Mars Rover site
NASA Mars exploration site
Mars Educational Resources Page
Honeybee Robotics' Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) Page

Press Kit Revised press kit -- Jan 23 (PDF)

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