The team that operates rovers on Mars is using a test rover in southern California to assess maneuvers the Mars rover Spirit might use to get out of soft, loose soil where its wheels have sunk ...

Mars will be published Friday, marking the start of a flood of peer-reviewed discoveries in scientific journals from the continuing two-rover adventure. details in the Aug. 6 issue of the journal ...

When Spirit dropped through the thin Martian air and bounced to a stop inside Gusev Crater, it did more than survive a high‑risk landing. It opened a new era in which rovers became the primary way ...

A new analysis of data collected by NASA’s Spirit rover has uncovered mineral evidence suggesting that water once shaped large regions of Mars, according to research published in Interactions. More ...

The Mars rover Spirit faces challenges as it's stuck in sand. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory strategizes its potential escape. The Mars rover Spirit has driven almost 5 miles across the Martian ...

The Mars rover Spirit faces aging issues after five years on Mars, raising concerns for NASA scientists about its functionality. the incidents suggest that Spirit is getting erratic. Or maybe just old ...

BAD DOG: NASA is trying to diagnose a problem with the Mars Exploration rover Spirit, which has been behaving erratically for several days. On Jan. 25 – the 1,800th Martian day of what was originally ...

WASHINGTON (voa) – Controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory celebrated Saturday night after receiving confirmation that the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit had landed successfully on Mars. A U.S.

PASADENA, Calif. -- After a near seven-month journey from Earth, NASA's Spirit robotic rover bounded onto the rocky surface of Mars late Saturday, informing anxious space agency officials and ...