PASADENA, Calif. -- Despite three brief signals from the trailblazing Mars Spirit rover, NASA declared the spacecraft gravely crippled Friday with an undiagnosed problem that could take weeks to even ...

Nerds cheered and wept with happiness as NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit responded to ground control commands today via the Mars Odyssey orbiter. Earlier this week, NASA feared that the rover ...

LOS ANGELES -- NASA said Sunday that its Spirit rover was days away from rolling on Mars again and that the software problem vexing the spacecraft might trouble both it and its twin, Opportunity, for ...

PASADENA, Calif.- Scientists and engineers gathered Tuesday at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to remember the legacy of the hard-luck rover Spirit that came through in the end with geologic evidence ...

Spirit has been incommunicado for more than a year despite daily calls by NASA. The cause of Spirit's silence may never be known, but it's likely the bitter Martian winter damaged its electronics, ...

PASADENA — NASA's Spirit rover stopped transmitting data from the surface of Mars, baffling engineers Thursday and bringing the vehicle's mission to a potentially calamitous halt. NASA received its ...

NASA's unwavering commitment to exploring the stars has led to incredible insight into the stars. In 1997, NASA landed their first rover on our planetary neighbour Mars. Sojourner became the first ...