Tag Archives: Spirit rover

THEMIS: Ma’adim Vallis

Posted on January 23, 2019 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, January 23, 2019. This VIS image shows a small section of Ma’adim Vallis. Ma’adim Vallis is located in Terra Cimmeria and empties into Gusev Crater, the home of the MER Spirit rover. See more THEMIS … Continue reading →

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What the Spirit rover’s Microscopic Imager found

Posted on November 28, 2018 by rburnham

[Editor’s note: From a paper by Ken Herkenhoff and 31 co-authors recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] Overview of Spirit Microscopic Imager Results The Microscopic Imager (MI) on NASA’s Spirit rover returned the highest‐resolution images of the Martian … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Light-toned mounds in Gorgonum Basin

Posted on June 30, 2017 by rburnham

Gorgonum Basin is one of several large basins within the Terra Sirenum region of Mars. Each basin has light-toned mounds, many of which contain clays. Scientists think that Terra Sirenum once had a large lake during an epoch called the … Continue reading →

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Looking for Mars life — in Chile

Posted on November 17, 2016 by rburnham

Two geoscientists at Arizona State University have made a discovery among hot springs in Chile that may spur scientists to revisit a location on Mars explored several years ago by NASA’s Spirit rover. The discovery involves fingerlike structures that form … Continue reading →

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