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 ...

Nerds cheered and wept with happiness as NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit responded to ground control commands today via the Mars Odyssey orbiter. Earlier this week, NASA feared that the rover ...

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 ...

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

NASA's unwavering commitment to exploring the stars has led to incredible insight into the stars. In 1997, NASA landed their first rover on our planetary neighbour Mars. Sojourner became the first ...