Mars
Spirit Reaches Out to Adirondack
Image credit: NASA/JPL Spirit is reaching out to test the nearby rock, "Adirondack", which controllers targeted to get a better…
Humans Will Need Robots to Go to Mars
Image credit: NASA Before humans can take the first tentative steps onto the Martian surface, our robots will have spent…
Spirit Investigates a Nearby Rock
Image credit: NASA/JPL NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit drove a few metres yesterday to get nice and close to a…
First Image from Mars Express
Image credit: ESA Even though it hasn't reached its final operating orbit, the European Space Agency's Mars Express has delivered…
Spirit Examines the Martian Soil
Image credit: NASA/JPL NASA's Spirit rover reached out and examined the Martian soil with its microscope instrument at the end…
Scientists Could Choose More Dangerous Targets on Mars
Image credit: NASA/JPL If the next Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, is as successful as Spirit, then engineers might loosen up…
Mini-Van Sized Rover for 2009
Image credit: NASA Pathfinder was the size of a shoebox; the Mars Exploration Rovers are as big as golf-carts; but…
Martian Gravity To Be Tested on Mice
Image credit: MIT Researchers from MIT are planning to test the effects of Martian gravity on mammals, by sending 15…
Spirit Rolls Off the Lander
Image credit: NASA/JPL NASA's Spirit rover successfully rolled off the landing platform and out onto the Martian surface this morning,…
First a Crater, then Head for the Hills
Image credit: NASA/JPL NASA's Spirit Rover has completed its pivoting maneuver atop its landing platform, and it's nearly ready to…