NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit recorded this forward view of its arm and surroundings during the rover's 2,052nd Martian day, or sol (Oct. 11, 2009).
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit recorded this forward view of its arm and surroundings during the rover's 2,052nd Martian day, or sol (Oct. 11, 2009).
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found a rock that apparently is another meteorite, less than three weeks after driving away from a larger meteorite that the rover examined for six weeks.
Until Oct. 24, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover had gone more than six months without an episode of amnesia-like symptoms like those that appeared on four occasions earlier this year.
Engineers using test rovers on Earth to prepare for extracting the sand-trapped Spirit rover on Mars have added a new challenge to their preparations.
03.11.09 - Congress passed a resolution Wednesday recognizing scientific contributions of NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers, and commending the JPL and Cornell University teams.
JPL engineers are using a second, lighter rover to test maneuvers to free Spirit.
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Engineers continue crab-driving a test rover at JPL in an effort to plan how to dislodge Spirit from loose sand on Mars.
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JPL engineers are trying out maneuvers with a test rover on Earth, to plan an escape on Mars for Spirit.
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Rover Project Manager John Callas explains how getting a test rover stuck in a sandbox on Earth may help get Spirit out of a predicament on Mars.
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While the Spirit rover is embedded on Mars, engineers are working to create a 'Mars-scape' on Earth to test an escape plan.
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After five years, the Mars Exploration Rovers are still studying Mars. Take a closer look at how they work.