On January 25, 2004, NASA's Opportunity rover landed on Mars! This was the second of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers to ...

On January 3, 2004, NASA's Spirit rover landed on Mars! Also known as Mars Exploration Rover 2, this was the first of NASA's twin rovers to land on the Red Planet. The other was named Opportunity.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- NASA's Spirit rover cut the last umbilical cord to its lander and rolled for the first time since reaching Mars, positioning itself for the start of its journey across the ...

A powerful Manassas-built computer is running the show on Mars. The specialized computer built by BAE Systems in Manassas is guiding NASA's Spirit rover, which is designed to probe the terrain and ...

A view from the Mars Exploration Rover from when it set a one-day distance record for Martian driving, in 2005 (via Panoramic Camera, NASA/JPL-Caltech) The 3D images make up just a small part of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On January 3, 2004, NASA's Spirit rover landed on Mars! Also known as Mars Exploration Rover 2, this was the first of NASA's twin ...