Press releases, articles, and background information about the Mars exploration rovers; Steve Squyres, Cornell Professor of Astronomy and the primary scientific investigator on the project; and Jim Bell, Associate Professor of Astronomy, the designer of and lead researcher for the Mars rover mission's panoramic cameras.

Includes correspondence, news press releases, notes, publicity material, newspaper clippings, distribution lists, administrative files, photographs, biographies, and other records of events at Cornell.