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 ...

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 ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the exploration of Mars. The United States, Soviet Union and China are the only three countries to land a spacecraft on Mars. There have been nine successful US Mars landings: ...

Space, “the final frontier,” may soon reveal evidence of other life within our solar system. And the first step is Mars. Spirit — the first of NASA’s twin Mars Exploration Rovers to successfully land ...

PASADENA, Calif. — Loose soil piled against the northern edge of a low plateau called “Home Plate” has blocked NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit from taking the shortest route toward its southward ...

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NASA's Perseverance rover discovers shiny metallic rock on Mars that could be a meteorite from an ancient asteroid, ...

Mars exploration rover mission -- Mission impossible -- The making of the Mars rovers -- Are we really on Mars? -- Hitting the dusty trail -- Can Opportunity climb down? -- Can Spirit climb up? -- The ...

For over 50 years, Cornell has made astronomical contributions in the ongoing efforts to explore and understand the mysterious inner workings of Earth’s rust-colored neighbor, Mars. In honor of these ...