On January 3, 2004, NASA’s Spirit rover successfully completed a major step in space exploration history, touching down on ...

The Spirit rover landed on Mars on Jan. 4, 2004. Like its twin, Opportunity, Spirit was assigned an initial mission of only ...

On04, NASA's Spirit rover landed on Mars! Also known as Mars Exploration Rover 2, this was the first of NASA's twin rovers to ...

Controllers are driving NASA’s Spirit Mars Exploration Rover once more, after a diagnostic test suggested the accelerometers that help the rover determine its orientation on the surface of Mars may be ...

After years exploring the Martian surface, NASA’s Spirit rover eventually fell silent. Before communication was lost, it ...

Three generations of Mars rovers are represented in this portrait. In front on the left is Sojourner; behind it is a test rover that is a cousin of Spirit and Opportunity; at right is a test rover for ...

As space agencies race to set foot on the Moon, Mars, and elsewhere, a not-so-glamorous problem could be the key to success: the functionality of a rover’s wheels in alien dirt. When NASA’s Spirit ...

American space agency NASA said the Perseverance rover is good to go on Mars until at least 2031, both hardware and software ...

Arvidson, Raymond E., Ruff, S. W., Morris, R. V., Ming, D. W., Crumpler, Larry S., Yen, A. S., Squyres, Steven W., Sullivan, R. J., Bell, James F., III, Cabrol ...

PASADENA, Calif.- Scientists and engineers gathered Tuesday at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to remember the legacy of the hard-luck rover Spirit that came through in the end with geologic evidence ...

Another view from Perseverance shows how windswept Mars' landscape truly is.

It’s been ten years since NASA’s Spirit rover first touched down on the surface of Mars. Spirit would go on to redefine the Red Planet and inspire the next generation of space exploration. Contact us ...