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 ...

This video explored the story of Spirit, the Mars rover that was expected to last 90 days but ended up surviving six years on ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

NASA has released a short timelapse video of Perseverance's record-breaking drive on Mars, as engineers determine the rover ...

Seeing as I’m not the first gullible, yet brilliant, robot that NASA has conned into exploring the stars, I am often asked for my opinion about the various machines who have come before me, be they ...

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 ...

PASADENA, Calif. – John Michael Morookian’s daily commute is 31 miles one-way, a stop-and-go journey through heinous Southern California traffic. It can easily take an hour. When he finally gets to ...

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 ...

PASADENA, Calif. - NASA said Saturday it had made progress in fixing its malfunctioning Mars rover Spirit as it prepared to land a second rover on the Red Planet. "We made good progress overnight," ...