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 ...

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. -- Despite three brief signals from the trailblazing Mars Spirit rover, NASA declared the spacecraft gravely crippled Friday with an undiagnosed problem that could take weeks to even ...

On Independence Day 1997, millions were glued to their computer and TV screens as exhilarated scientists in the Mission Control Center watched their first rover touch down on Mars. The little rover ...

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After weeks of trying to trying to get its Mars rover Spirit better positioned to handle the Martian winter, NASA said the spacecraft is now beginning full winter operations as best it can. NASA said ...

PASADENA, Calif. — Loose soil piled against the northern edge of a low plateau called “Home Plate” has blocked NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit from taking the shortest route toward its southward ...

Jan. 6, 2004 — -- About 50 feet from the spot where the Spirit rover came to rest, there is a depression in the Martian soil, possibly a small crater. The scientists directing the mission said ...

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 ...