+ NASA Homepage + NASA en Español + Marte en Español + Mars Home Time on Mars Rover Status Spirit:  Soil Investigation Continues >> Opportunity:  At Outcrop for Study and Rest >> Rock Under the Belly  >> NASA Rover Sees Variable Environmental History at Martian Crater  >>   Latest Press Images Latest Press Release (June 25, 2009) Latest Audio Press Conference All Press Images All Press Releases All Videos All Raw Images Panorama Images 3-D Images Where are the Rovers now? Test Rover Rolls In After several days of preparing a sloped area of soft, fine soil to simulate Spirit's current sandtrap on Mars, the rover team drove a test rover into the material on June 30, 2009. >> The Mixing Begins Rover team members mix materials to fill the testbed box. Once filled, the rover will be driven into the test area and set in place to mimic how the actual rover sits on Mars. >> Mars Team Digs in To Free Spirit Mars team members have rolled up their sleeves and will be shaping a few tons of diatomaceous Earth and clay into an exact replica of the area where the Spirit rover is embedded on Mars. >> Mars Rover Yielding New Clues While Lodged in Martian Soil NASA's Mars rover Spirit, lodged in Martian soil that is causing traction trouble, is taking advantage of the situation by learning more about the Red Planet's environmental history. >> Full Image and Caption >> Spirit Photographs Her Underbelly, Sol 1925 This panorama of images from the Spirit rover, is helping engineers assess the rover's current state and plan her extraction from the soft soil in the region now called "Troy." >> Mars and Earth Activities Aim to Get Spirit Rolling Again NASA's rover project team is using Spirit and other spacecraft at Mars to find a way for the rover to get dislodged from soft Martian ground. >> Spirit's Wheels Digging into Soft Ground, Sol 1899 The five wheels that still rotate on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit have been slipping severely in soft soil during recent attempts to drive, sinking the wheels about halfway into the ground. >> more features >> Mars Exploration Rover Update, July 01 Free Spirit: Free Spirit: Into the Sandbox Weather Movie, Mars South Polar Region, March-April 2009 (Close) Weather Movie, Mars South Polar Region, March-April 2009 (Far) 5 Years and Still Roving on Mars - Opportunity 5 Years and Still Roving on Mars - Spirit Five Years on Mars more videos >> + Freedom of Information Act + The President's Management Agenda + FY 2002 Agency Performance and    accountability report + NASA Privacy Statement, Disclaimer, and    Accessiblity Certification Last Updated: + Comments and Questions