The last images transmitted by the Spirit rover reveal a Martian landscape stripped bare by years of cold, dust, and isolation. Subtle distortions in the horizon hint at environmental shifts that ...
Two years ago, the Mars Exploration Rover, Spirit, touched down in Gusev Crater. The rover marked its first Mars-year (687 Earth Days) anniversary in November 2005. Shortly before its martian ...
The steering problem that first began affecting NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Spirit on Oct. 1 continues to puzzle mission controllers, occurring intermittently as the team attempts to drive the ...