The latest in News about Mars:
A summary of the missions and discoveries of Spirit and Opportunity by Rover Mission Flight Director on Jan. 17.
During opposition, Mars and the sun are on directly opposite sides of Earth. From our perspective on our spinning world, Mars rises in the east just as the sun sets in the west. Then, after staying up in the sky the entire night, Mars sets in the west just as the sun rises in the east. Since Mars and the sun appear on opposite sides of the sky, we say that Mars is in "opposition."
The NASA Deep Space Network provides the system for Systems on Mars to communicate back to Earth.
The Latest News on the Phoenix Mission
This is the NASA mission that is scheduled to land in the Northern Polarcap Region in late May 2008.