When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It's been a watershed year of science for the NASA Mars rover Spirit, a six-wheeled automaton ...

The Mars rover Spirit is keeping scientists' spirits up by doing some science while it is stuck in soft soil on the red planet. The rover has been immobile, trapped hub-deep since May 6. Engineers ...

NASA's Mars rover Spirit is suffering a new bout of amnesia, one that comes after months of being stuck in deep Martian sand. The 6-year-old rover's latest memory lapse occurred Oct. 24 and came more ...

Just past the halfway point of its three-month prime mission, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has achieved several scientific firsts, but may still have its best “Eureka!” moments in front of it.

Five years ago today, NASA officially ceased recovery efforts for the Spirit rover. They didn’t give up without a fight. The rover had been silent since March of 2010, more than a year earlier, and ...