After 6 years of unprecedented exploration of the Red Planet, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit no longer will be a fully mobile robot. NASA has designated the once-roving scientific explorer a ...
LOS ANGELES - Spirit has always been the unluckier of NASA's twin Mars rovers. Just weeks after landing in a Martian crater in 2004, it went haywire and transmitted gibberish to Earth. Engineers ...
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 ...
NASA has sent five robotic vehicles to Mars. Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, and Perseverance. Look back at the missions. (NASA/AFP via Getty Images) Martian mudstones contain features that ...
Crumpler, Larry S., Squyres, Steven W., Arvidson, Raymond E., Bell, James F., III, Blaney, Diana L., Cabrol, Nathalie A., Christensen, Philip R., DesMarais, D. J ...
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NASA rover spots wrecked Mars helicopter after 72 flights
NASA’s rover has made a poignant discovery on Mars: the crushed remains of a helicopter that once soared through the planet’s ...
Mars exploration rover mission -- Mission impossible -- The making of the Mars rovers -- Are we really on Mars? -- Hitting the dusty trail -- Can Opportunity climb down? -- Can Spirit climb up? -- The ...
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