Recently, the Mars Exploration Rover "Spirit" has been sleeping through work shifts and suffering from bouts of amnesia. John Callas, rover project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...

The Mars rover Spirit is still operational, but NASA scientists will stop trying to free it from a sandtrap and focus on the rover's survival and ability to conduct experiments where it's stuck.

This part of a panorama captured by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in October 2005 shows the view looking southward from the summit of "Husband Hill." ...

On May 19, 2005, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured a remarkable image of the sun setting beyond the rim of Gusev crater on Mars. This panoramic view, taken during the rover’s 489th ...

NASA planned on its 2003 Mars Exploration Rover mission lasting 90 days. That was assuming the two rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, launched without mishap, survived the 6½-month journey, and ...

Spirit and Opportunity landed on Mars 20 years ago this month, kicking off a surface mission that reshaped our understanding of the Red Planet.

(CNN) — Here’s some background information about Mars exploration. The United States and the Soviet Union are the only two countries to land a spacecraft on Mars. There have been nine ...

Two decades ago, a pair of NASA rovers changed the way scientists study Mars and the solar system forever. January marks the 20th anniversary of twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity’s arrival on ...

NASA launched its Spirit rover to Mars 20 years ago as part of a pair of rovers sent to the red planet, which helped provide important information about the planet, including past evidence of ...