Explore Mars in 3D through real Pancam photographs from NASA's Spirit rover. Glide between images with detail that sharpens as you approach, and skim thousands of rover photos at a glance — manual mode, slideshow, or automated flythrough. Photo credit: JPL / NASA / Cornell / ASU

<strong>PlanetMars3D: Spirit Mission</strong> turns real photographs from one of humanity's most iconic Mars missions into a 3D space you can explore, fly through, and sit back and watch.<br><br>Between 2004 and 2010, NASA's Spirit rover sent back tens of thousands of images from Gusev Crater and the Columbia Hills. PlanetMars3D: Spirit Mission organizes a hand-picked selection of those photographs — captured by Spirit's <strong>Pancam</strong> panoramic camera — into ready-made 3D albums so you can experience the mission the way Mars itself unfolds: as a place, not a gallery.<h2 class="bb_tag" >What you get</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li><strong>Curated Pancam albums</strong> — Pre-built collections of real Spirit rover images from the public Pancam archive, arranged by mission highlights and locations.<br></li><li><strong>Game-like 3D exploration</strong> — Move through your albums in an interactive 3D space instead of clicking through a thumbnail grid.<br></li><li><strong>Progressive detail</strong> — See thousands of Pancam photographs at a glance as low-resolution previews, with full detail resolving in the moment you get close to any image.<br></li><li><strong>Jump anywhere</strong> — Point to any image in the 3D view and fly to it in seconds, whether it was captured on Spirit's first sol or six years later. Higher-resolution versions load quietly from disk in the background, so movement never stalls.<br></li><li><strong>Multiple 3D views and layouts</strong> — Switch between different spatial arrangements to see the same imagery from new perspectives.<br></li><li><strong>Manual mode, slideshow, and flythrough</strong> — Take the controls yourself, step through at your own pace with a slideshow, or sit back and watch an automated flythrough of the collection.<br></li><li><strong>Customizable viewing experience</strong> — Adjust UI scale, display settings, transitions, and quality options to match your preferences and system.</li></ul><h2 class="bb_tag" >What this is not</h2>PlanetMars3D: Spirit Mission is a dedicated <strong>viewer</strong> for the Spirit rover Pancam archive. It does not let you create or edit projects, import your own photos, or alter the curated album set — every album is preset and focused on the Mars Exploration Rover mission. If you want to build your own 3D photo experiences from personal libraries, check out <strong>Album3D</strong>.<h2 class="bb_tag" >Powered by Universe3D</h2>PlanetMars3D: Spirit Mission and Album3D are both built on <strong>Universe3D</strong>, the 3D technology and umbrella brand behind our game-like photo experiences. Universe3D is what lets you move through thousands of high-resolution photographs as continuous 3D spaces — previewing entire albums at a glance from a distance, then seeing each image in full detail the moment you get close, without the click-wait-click rhythm of a traditional viewer.<h2 class="bb_tag" >About Spirit</h2>Spirit (MER-A) was one of two rovers of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission, landing in Gusev Crater in January 2004. Designed for a 90-sol mission, Spirit operated for more than six years and returned an extraordinary visual record of the Martian surface. This app is an independent, unaffiliated viewer; imagery credit belongs to NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/ASU.<br><br>Launch the app, pick an album, and explore Mars through Spirit's eyes.<br><br>Photo credit: D. Savransky and J. Bell / JPL / NASA / Cornell / ASU

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