The Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, arrived at Mars in 2004. Opportunity touched down at the Meridiani Planum while Spirit explored the region around Gusev Crater, both providing incredible data about Mars’ watery past during their missions. Spirit’s first Pancam image is also the highest resolution picture taken on the surface of another planet. The rover, which sadly stopped operating in 2010, also provided the breathtaking sunset image in the panorama above. Opportunity is still roving around the Martian surface.In 2008, NASA brought the Phoenix lander to the surface of Mars, touching down in the Martian Arctic for the first time. Digging into the soil with its trench, Phoenix uncovered evidence for shallow subsurface ice in the Martian poles. The lander also observed snow falling from Martian clouds and helped characterize the planet’s surface chemistry. After Phoenix spent a Martian winter in safe mode, engineers at JPL mission control!
tried to resume communication with the lander in 2010 but were unable.<br />http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/08/mars-landing-panorama/
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