NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit resumed driving Saturday after engineers gained confidence from diagnostic activities earlier in the week evaluating how well the rover senses its orientation.
A dust storm on Mars has cut into the amount of sunlight reaching the solar array on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, leaving the rover in a vulnerable state.
... called "Home Plate" has blocked NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit from taking the shortest route toward its southward destinations for the upcoming Martian summer and following ...
... team operating NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is examining data received from Spirit in recent days to diagnose why the rover apparently rebooted its computer at least twice over the April 11 ...
PASADENA, Calif., April 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency reports more problems with its Mars exploration rover Spirit in behaviors similar to events that occurred about a week ago.
... nearly pure silica discovered by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in Gusev Crater formed ... mechanical wear-and-tear, both are continuing to explore.
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The silica discovery unfolded ...
... .com) -- A small but important uptick in electrical output from the solar panels on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit this month indicates a beneficial Martian wind has blown away some of the dust ...
A small but important uptick in electrical output from the solar panels on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit this month indicates a beneficial Martian wind has blown away some of the dust that has ...
The five wheels that still rotate on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit have been slipping severely in soft soil during recent attempts to drive, sinking the wheels about halfway into the ground.
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit drove on Thursday for the first time since April 8, ... are still investigating bouts of amnesia and other unusual behavior exhibited by Spirit in the past two weeks.
Today, Aug. 18, 2009, marks the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's 2,000th sol, or Martian day, on the Red Planet.
PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- NASA scientists say they plan to begin transmitting commands to the Mars exploration rover Spirit in an attempt to free the robot from martian sand.
On Monday, NASA will begin transmitting commands to its Mars exploration rover Spirit as part of an escape plan to free the venerable robot from its Martian sand trap.
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Images taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit show small rocks regularly ... distances between each rock and its nearest neighbor in the Mars images. The patterns of the Martian rocks matched ...
