The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has arrived at a piece of her heat shield debris. See a close-up here.
Spirit's surroundings on the other side of Mars aren't quite as interesting but they're pretty cool.
These amazing rovers are just that, amazing. Originally cheduled for less than 100 Martian days of work, Spirit is up to 352 Martian days and Opportunity is up to 332 Martian days. They've survived the worst the Martian winter had to throw at them and kept on drivin'. Let's hope the project teams don't run out of funding to keep these guys driving.
We're coming up on one year on Mars and there will no doubt be press conferences celebrating the milestone. I'll try to find that schedule and bring you all blog coverage of the activities.
update: The briefing (on NASA TV) is scheduled for January 3rd and looks like it's going to be a lot of fun.
