Spirit Rover
Spirit Rover Makes Progress
A little good news for Spirit! The rover successfully moved; not very much, but it's the first step of a…
Spirit Extrication, Day 1: Drive Stopped After 1 Second
Mission managers sent the drive commands to the Spirit rover at 4 a.m. EST (0900 GMT) today, -- Nov. 17,…
Ok, Spirit Rover, Let’s Blow This Pop Stand!
On Monday, Nov. 16, NASA will begin transmitting commands to the Spirit rover on Mars to begin the extrication process…
Stuck Spirit Rover Moves!
The Spirit Rover, which has had its wheels stuck for 145 Martian sols, has finally moved! Though she's far from…
MER Team Prepares to Extract Spirit
[/caption] To prepare for an actual attempt to extract the Spirit rover from its sand-trapped predicament, engineers using test rovers…
Spirit’s Psychedelic Visions
[/caption] The Spirit rover has had memory problems, arthritic-like symptoms in her wheels, as well as her current dilemma of…
Test-Bed Rover is Now Stuck — Which is a Good Thing!
[/caption] Engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have intentionally driven their engineering rover into soft soil in a sandbox testbed,…
Spirit Rover Begins Making Night Sky Observations
[/caption] When your rover has abundant energy but can't go anywhere, what's a scientist to do? How about making observations…
No Humanoid on Mars, Just Rocks
Okay, once and for all, let's make this clear. In the words of our esteemed Bad Astronomer, Phil Plait, "repeat…
The Spirit Rover’s Big Discovery
Amazingly, the two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have been working diligently on the surface of the Red Planet for…