When Spirit dropped through the thin Martian air and bounced to a stop inside Gusev Crater, it did more than survive a high‑risk landing. It opened a new era in which rovers became the primary way ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On January 3, 2004, NASA's Spirit rover landed on Mars! Also known as Mars Exploration Rover 2, this was the first of NASA's twin ...

The golf cart-size rover was designed to last only three months, but proved itself to be an unexpected endurance athlete. It traveled more than the distance of a marathon when less than half a mile ...

NASA’s resilient Opportunity Mars rover is rolling again after waiting out the harsh Red Planet winter for more than four months. On Tuesday (May 8), the Opportunity rover moved its wheels for the ...

NASA’s Opportunity rover landed on Mars and sent its first pictures of the planet to Earth. The mission was originally planned for 90 days, but the rover remained operational for over 15 years -- ...

On January 3, 2004, NASA's Spirit rover landed on Mars! Also known as Mars Exploration Rover 2, this was the first of NASA's twin rovers to land on the Red Planet. The other was named Opportunity.