Sep 02 Spirit Reaches Mountain Peak on Mars By PBS News Hour NASA's rover Spirit has reached the summit of a bedrock mountain on Mars, and from that vantage point, mission managers will plot the robotic explorer's next move among the numerous intriguing surrounding geologic features. Continue reading
Feb 24 Images, Rock on Mars Yield More Proof of Watery Past By PBS News Hour The Spirit rover on Mars has found a sulfur-infused rock that gives the most compelling evidence yet of how water affected the planet's surface, while the European Space Agency's orbiting probe has photographed proof of an underground frozen sea. Continue reading
Jan 26 Second NASA Rover Lands on Mars; Spirit Prognosis Improves NASA celebrated the successful landing of its second rover, Opportunity, Saturday night on the opposite side of Mars from its twin rover, Spirit. Continue reading
Jan 22 NASA Rover Stops Transmitting Data From Mars NASA's rover Spirit has failed to transmit data from Mars for more than 24 hours in what mission scientists thought at first was a weather-related interruption but now believe could be a serious hardware or software problem. Continue reading
Jan 14 Bush Unveils Plan to Return Humans to Moon and on to Mars By Admin President Bush announced plans Wednesday to develop a new spacecraft to send humans back to the moon as early as 2015 and use it as a launching point for manned missions to Mars and beyond. Continue reading