On Independence Day 1997, millions were glued to their computer and TV screens as exhilarated scientists in the Mission Control Center watched their first rover touch down on Mars. The little rover ...

Artist's illustration of a six-wheeled rover on the surface of Mars, with a rock-studded reddish landscape in the background. Twenty years ago this month, twin spacecraft made dramatic planetary ...

Luck, it has been said, favors the well prepared. That explains, perhaps, the fortune of the plucky Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity — and their creators, including Cornell Professor Steve Squyres, ...

PASADENA, Calif.–When it comes to longevity, the Spirit and Opportunity rovers on Mars are giving some real competition to the pink bunny from those battery advertisements. The two rovers in a couple ...

With a major technical assist from ILM, Ryan White's new documentary premiering at Telluride goes from Pasadena to Mars following the life and work of rovers Spirit and Opportunity. By Daniel Fienberg ...

NASA planned on its 2003 Mars Exploration Rover mission lasting 90 days. That was assuming the two rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, launched without mishap, survived the 6½-month journey, and landed in ...

The article details the unique operational characteristics and resulting perceived "personalities" of various NASA Mars rovers, highlighting differences in mission success, challenges encountered (e.g ...

So why do they take sooooooo long to get these wheels in the dirt? Opportunity now has some wierd power drain.....and they're talking about it being more than a week before they roll the damned thing ...