Curious about Curiosity, Opportunity, and Spirit?

Curiosity and Friends gives you an easy way to view all of the latest photos from everyone's favorite little rovers!

Browse like a Rover

Curiosity and Friends lets you (and maybe your friends, too) browse images from each of the little rovers!

Hover over the photo to capture it as a favorite the same way the rovers capture a sample of Martian soil. Click on the photo to view it in all of its Martian glory.

Bonus points if you click your mouse or tap your phone with a robotic arm.

Curiosity

Curiosity is the latest and greatest rover, and perhaps the most popular due to her social media presence. She is also the largest rover, weighing nearly 2000 pounds and longer than a car. Curiosity landed on Mars on August 6th, 2012 at the Gale crater. Like the other rovers, her primary mission is to perform experiments and collect data to determine whether life existed on Mars. However, she is also performing research on habitability of the planet in advance of future human exploration. Perhaps, one day, she will be reunited with humans!

Opportunity

Opportunity landed on Mars in Meridiani Planum on January 25th, 2004, three weeks after her twin, Spirit. The two rovers landed on opposite sides of the planet. One of Opportunity's prime objectives is to reveal whether life ever arose on Mars, and many missions are centered around this objective. Note the present tense! Opportunity has far exceeded her expected life of 90 days, still active over 13 years later.

Spirit

Spirit landed on January 4th, 2004 at the Gusev crater. The landing site was chosen based on indications that the area had been affected by liquid water in the past. Spirit travelled to a few locations, took the first high resolution, color photo on the surface of another planet, and at one point, her broken wheel accidentially scraped the ground, which revelead the strong possibility of microbial life! In 2009, she became stuck in soft soil and extrication attempts failed. After becoming a stationary science platform for a year, communication ceased in 2010. Rest in peace, little rover!