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NASA's Opportunity Rover Sends Ominous Photo Marking the End of 15 Years of Exploration on Mars The universe has always drawn humanity towards it, and throughout the centuries, humans have looked up ...
In a groundbreaking development, NASA has released stunning 4K footage of Mars, offering the most detailed and lifelike view ...
"One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, NASA's Opportunity rover mission is at an end ...
NASA's twin Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have been on the surface of Mars for more than eight years. (Image credit: NASA/JPL) This story was updated at 7:24 p.m. ET.
Mars memorial. NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity rovers, by carrying small pieces of the wreckage, paid tribute to the victims of the September 11, 2001, attack on the twin towers of the World Trade ...
After six 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 ...
NASA has ended operational planning activities for the Mars rover Spirit and transitioned the Mars Exploration Rover Project to a single-rover operation focused on Spirit's still-active twin ...
The Mars rover Spirit is putting down roots. After months of trying to wiggle the rover out of a sand trap on Mars, the NASA probe remains firmly entrenched in the soft soil inside a small crater ...
The Mars rover Spirit is still operational, but NASA scientists will stop trying to free it from a sandtrap and focus on the rover's survival and ability to conduct experiments where it's stuck.
Two decades ago, a pair of NASA rovers changed the way scientists study Mars and the solar system forever. January marks the 20th anniversary of twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity’s arrival on ...
Matt Golombek, a Mars scientist who had worked on the Spirit and Oppy missions, originally submitted a proposal to NASA in 2014 for Percy to carry a “Mars Helicopter Scout” to help the rover ...
In 1997, NASA’s first rover, Sojourner, rolled down a landing ramp and became the first mobile Mars robot. Solar panels provided power throughout its 12-week mission. JPL-CALTECH/NASA ...