Scientific information from the Mars Exploration Rover mission | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-19

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00:02:02 1 Water hypothesis
00:07:53 2 Spherules and hematite
00:08:15 2.1 Hematite
00:11:18 2.2 Spherules
00:13:00 2.3 Berry Bowl
00:14:08 3 Rocks and minerals
00:16:07 3.1 Plains
00:17:50 3.2 Columbia Hills
00:22:33 4 First atmospheric temperature profile
00:24:00 5 Astronomical observations
00:24:55 6 See also



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NASA's 2003 Mars Exploration Rover Mission has amassed an enormous amount of scientific information related to the Martian geology and atmosphere, as well as providing some astronomical observations from Mars.  This article covers information gathered by the Opportunity rover during the initial phase of its mission.  Information on science gathered by Spirit can be found mostly in the Spirit rover article.
The ongoing unmanned Mars exploration mission, commenced in 2003 sent two robotic rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, to explore the Martian surface and geology.  The mission was led by Project Manager Peter Theisinger of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Principal Investigator Steven Squyres, professor of astronomy at Cornell University.
Primary among the mission's scientific goals is to search for and characterize a wide range of rocks and soils that hold clues to past water activity on Mars. In recognition of the vast amount of scientific information amassed by both rovers, two asteroids have been named in their honor: 37452 Spirit and 39382 Opportunity.
On January 24, 2014, NASA reported that current studies on the planet Mars by the Curiosity and Opportunity rovers will now be searching for evidence of ancient life, including a biosphere based on autotrophic, chemotrophic or chemolithoautotrophic microorganisms, as well as ancient water, including fluvio-lacustrine environments (plains related to ancient rivers or lakes) that may have been habitable. The search for evidence of habitability, taphonomy (related to fossils), and organic carbon on the planet Mars is now a primary NASA objective.