Spirit was the first onto the Martian surface ... Related: The last photos NASA's Opportunity rover took on Mars These two SUV-sized rovers are continuing Mars exploration today, respectively ...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Thanks in part to the science collected by Spirit and Opportunity, NASA approved development of the SUV-size Curiosity rover to investigate whether the chemical ...

On January 3, 2004, NASA's Spirit rover landed on Mars! Also known as Mars Exploration Rover 2, this was the first of NASA's twin rovers to land on the Red Planet. The other was named Opportunity.

The rover was encased in an aeroshell for the ... The robot looks a lot like Nasa's Spirit and Opportunity vehicles from the 2000s. It weighs some 240kg and is powered by fold-out solar panels.

A similar fate is in store for the Ingenuity helicopter as well as China’s Zhurong rover, which is now exploring Utopia Planitia. NASA’s Sojourner, Spirit and Opportunity rovers stopped ...

NASA's Spirit rover landed on Mars! Also known as Mars Exploration Rover 2, this was the first of NASA's twin rovers to land on the Red Planet. The other was named Opportunity. These rovers were ...