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A travel guide. We recommend a summer visit, when the temperature
can reach a pleasant 27ºC.
Blast
off on a Mars Adventure
Would you like to go to Mars? What would you take to keep from
getting bored on the long journey? Play the Mars Adventure game
and blast off to Mars.
Destination Mars
It's your ship and your crew. Are you up to the challenge? Remember
the Defenders of the Space Day creed: onward to tomorrow! Next
Space Day is May 6, 2004.
Exploring Mars
In 2001 Mars reached opposition on June 13, and arrived at it's
closest point to Earth on June 21. On this day Earth and Mars
were only 67 million kilometers apart, and this year Mars was
the closest since 1988.
A
Little Rock on Mars
After many years meets with an unusual object from outer space
-- the Mars Rover! Be sure to also read the
sequel!
Latest
News From Spirit and Opportunity
Straight from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Lots of photos
of Mars and of the Mars landers, Spirit and Opportunity.
Mars
Retrograde
Every two years or so, there are a couple of months when Mars'
position from night to night seems to change direction and move
east to west. This strange behavior was very puzzling to early
skywatchers. Did the planet really stop, back up, change its
mind, and then continue to move forward? Did it have some weird,
mystical meaning?
Mars Rover Blog
If the two Mars Rovers could write about what they see and do,
this is what their blog or diary would look like.
Mars
Word Find Game
The words in the list on this page are hidden in the jumble of
letters. Words may be frontwards, backwards, upside-down, or
diagonal. Just hit New Game to generate an entirely new word
search.
Maestro Headquarters
On this website, you can download a scaled-down version of the
program that NASA scientists use to operate Spirit and Opportunity.
Updates are also available for Maestro that contain real data
from Mars that you can add to your copy of Maestro. Works on
recent versions of Mac, Windows, Linux, and Solaris.
NASA'S
M2K4:Roaming the Red Planet
"Hey, we're on the planet!" Flashy interactive site
about the 2004 rovers on Mars. Lots of pictures. THE site about
Mars.
Red Rover
Goes to Mars Project
Crack the Secret Mars code. Follow the adventures of Astrobots
Biff Starling and Sandy Moondust as they explore Mars aboard
Spiritand Opportunity! You can drive a LEGO rover
a thousand miles away by connecting to a Mars Station. More fun
activities.
Send
Us Your Rocks
Mars scientists are asking students from around the world to
help them understand the red planet. Send in a rock collected
by you from your region of the world, and we will use a special
tool like the one on the rover to tell you what it's made of.
Then everyone can compare their rocks to the ones found on Mars.