Multimedia Advisory: Watch, Listen and Celebrate Five Years on Mars

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Multimedia Advisory                          January 12, 2009

Watch, Listen and Celebrate Five Years on Mars Five years after landing on Mars (in January 2004), the twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, are still studying the Red Planet. They were originally planned as three-month missions. Catch up with the rovers via the following multimedia products: Rover team members, including the science principal investigator, Steve Squyres of Cornell University, share the thrills and challenges in a video at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/index.cfm?id=795   Rover Project Manager John Callas of JPL discusses the rovers' lives, longevity and legacy at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/podcast/mer20090112.cfm The intrepid rovers have made many discoveries about historically wet and violent environments on ancient Mars. They have climbed a mountain, descended into craters, struggled with sand traps and aging hardware, survived dust storms, and relayed more than a quarter million pictures back to Earth. A variety of Los Angeles-area public events are being held to mark the rovers' five-year anniversary, including a lecture that will be streamed live. Information at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-04 .  A celebration at JPL on Thursday, Jan. 15, will be carried live on NASA TV. NASA TV information is at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html .  -end-