When Spirit dropped through the thin Martian air and bounced to a stop inside Gusev Crater, it did more than survive a ...

On January 3, 2004, NASA’s Spirit rover successfully completed a major step in space exploration history, touching down on ...

The Spirit rover landed on Mars on Jan. 4, 2004. Like its twin, Opportunity, Spirit was assigned an initial mission of only ...

On04, NASA's Spirit rover landed on Mars! Also known as Mars Exploration Rover 2, this was the first of NASA's twin rovers to ...

LOS ANGELES - Spirit has always been the unluckier of NASA's twin Mars rovers. Just weeks after landing in a Martian crater in 2004, it went haywire and transmitted gibberish to Earth. Engineers ...

LOS ANGELES - The prospect of ever hearing from the stuck Mars rover Spirit is fading after it failed to respond to repeated calls from Earth. Despite the dismal outlook, NASA will make a last-ditch ...

Months after the death of the Mars rover Spirit, its surviving twin is poised to reach the rim of a vast crater to begin a fresh round of exploration. Driving commands sent up to Opportunity directed ...

LOS ANGELES -- The odometer on the Mars rover Spirit has been stuck at 4.8 miles for more than 1 1/2 years and has been incommunicado since March. This double dose of bad luck hangs over the scrappy ...

"Spirit went into a deep sleep," said Callas, who said the rover will be remembered for demystifying Mars to the masses. Receive Daily Headlines FREESign up today! When the rover team gets together ...

Three generations of Mars rovers are represented in this portrait. In front on the left is Sojourner; behind it is a test rover that is a cousin of Spirit and Opportunity; at right is a test rover for ...