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 ...

NASA engineers testing a model of the Spirit rover at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA/JPL In the spring of 2019, the six-wheeled Spirit rover was driving backwards to drag an inoperable front ...

The NASA and ESA Mars Sample Return mission will send bits of the Red Planet collected by the Perseverance rover to Earth.

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 ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- Brian Cooper can't wait to take the wheel of his new souped-up mega-dollar vehicle, but he knows better than to expect hair-raising turns or thundering acceleration. His job is ...