When Spirit dropped through the thin Martian air and bounced to a stop inside Gusev Crater, it did more than survive a high‑risk landing. It opened a new era in which rovers became the primary way ...

MOUNT HOOD, Ore. — At 7,000 feet, along the Magic Mile chair lift, there’s still plenty of snow for almost late June, but there’s a group interested in not just the freshly carved slopes but something ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — Around 6,000 feet up Mount Hood, a team of engineers and scientists are teaching a dog-like robot how to walk across the mountain's terrain. The robot, named Spirit, uses its four ...

After weeks of trying to trying to get its Mars rover Spirit better positioned to handle the Martian winter, NASA said the spacecraft is now beginning full winter operations as best it can. NASA said ...

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.

Spirit, the untiring robotic “wonder child” sent by NASA to explore the eerily earthlike fourth planet from the sun, has completed one martian year–that’s almost two Earth years–on Mars. Designed to ...