After 6 years of unprecedented exploration of the Red Planet, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit no longer will be a fully mobile robot. NASA has designated the once-roving scientific explorer a ...

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Despite the ongoing efforts of NASA engineers to free the stuck Mars Exploration Rover Spirit mired in a Martian sand trap, the space agency admitted Jan. 26 Spirit will no longer be a fully mobile ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the exploration of Mars. The United States, Soviet Union and China are the only three countries to land a spacecraft on Mars. There have been nine successful US Mars landings: ...

Mars exploration rover mission -- Mission impossible -- The making of the Mars rovers -- Are we really on Mars? -- Hitting the dusty trail -- Can Opportunity climb down? -- Can Spirit climb up? -- The ...

PASADENA, California (AP) - NASA unveiled a breathtaking color snapshot Tuesday of the surface of Mars shot by its Spirit rover using a camera with the robotic equivalent of 20/20 vision. The new ...

NASA’s Opportunity rover has officially concluded its groundbreaking mission on Mars, sending its final signals to Earth and leaving behind a legacy that reshaped our understanding of the Red Planet.

For decades, scientists have watched Martian dust devils swirling across the red planet’s dusty surface. Now, using 20 years ...

Nerds cheered and wept with happiness as NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit responded to ground control commands today via the Mars Odyssey orbiter. Earlier this week, NASA feared that the rover ...

PASADENA, Calif. - NASA's Spirit rover yielded the sharpest picture ever taken of the surface of Mars, revealing in breathtaking detail Tuesday a completely rust-colored landscape strewn with rocks.