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"A mysterious photograph of a bright, crumpled object on Mars taken by the Curiosity rover has caused controversy, after some dubbed it a "Martian flower". The shiny, white object was pictured embedded in a rock, in an image taken by the Mars Hand Lens."

This is absolutely mind-boggling! Full 360 degree panoramic interactive moving view of Mars as you've never experienced before. Taken by Opportunity Rover and converted into an interactive panorama

"Uploaded by djxatlanta on Jul 13, 2010 The wheels that will touch down on Mars in 2012 are several rotations closer to spinning on the rocky trails of Mars. This video clip shows engineers in the JPL clean room where the rover is being assembled as they put all six wheels into motion for the first time. Engineers raised the rover just as a car mechanic would hoist a car to check the wheels, and started the "engine" to get the wheels rotating. The wheel mobility system has 10 motors in all-four for steering the rover and six for driving. During this test, all 10 motors ran in every direction. Each wheel spun forward and backwards. "