8 years after landing on Mars for what was planned as a 3-month mission, NASA's enduring Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is working on what essentially became a new mission 5 months ago.

The Russian/Chinese Mars-probe Phobos-Grunt crashed into the pacific ocean yesterday. The French amateaur-astronomer Thierry Legault filmed the probe as it passed over France (See video)

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity will spend the next few months during the coldest part of Martian winter at Greeley Haven, an outcrop of rock at the rim of its next target: The 22km wide Endeavour crater

NASA's car-sized Curiosity rover has begun monitoring space radiation during its 8-month trip from Earth to Mars. The research will aid in planning for future human missions to the Red Planet.