Meanwhile, on Mars...

"This [April 12, 2005] picture is a composite of the Mars Global Surveyor daily global images acquired at [solar longitude] 193° during a previous Mars year. This month Mars looks similar, as solar longitude 193° occurs in mid-April 2005."


"This false color image, produced by the Mars Odyssey Thermal Imaging System, is located in the region where Ares Vallis enters Iani Chaos."


"This false-color rendering shows the scene acquired by NASA's Spirit rover on Martian day, or sol, 454 (April 13, 2005)."


"In December 1999, NASA's Mars Polar Lander was supposed to touch down near the red planet's south pole. But shortly after it entered the Martian atmosphere, the spacecraft disappeared without a trace. Only now, five and a half years later, do scientists think they may have finally located the lander's wreckage and confirmed what went wrong with the mission."

What's all this about military spies looking for the missing Mars lander?