This month marks the 20th anniversary of Spirit and Opportunity's landing on Mars, part of a mission whose legacy will extend far into the future. In January 2004, twin NASA rovers named Spirit ...

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 ...

No one can speak more knowledgeably or eloquently about NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER ... [Editor's note: NASA has since decided that "Spirit," the MER launched on June 10, 2003, will ...

An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.

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He has worked with NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity and is involved in the upcoming ESA ExoMars, a.k.a. Rosalind Franklin, rover. Sign up for SingularityHub's weekly briefing to ...

Perseverance, NASA’s Mars rover, has completed a daring ascent of Jezero Crater's rim, tackling steep grades and rugged ...

But after decades of study using orbiters, landers, and rovers, scientists have revealed Mars as a dynamic, windblown landscape that could—just maybe—harbor microbial life beneath its rusty ...

Nasa's Mars Exploration Rovers were tasked with "following the water". Opportunity and Spirit found extensive geological evidence for the past presence of liquid water. The Curiosity rover ...