11/14/08 - Mars Rover Team Sets Low-Power Plan for NASA's Spirit
After assessing data received from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on Thursday, mission controllers laid out plans for the rover to conserve its modest energy during the next few weeks.
11/13/08 - Controllers Cheer as Data Arrive from NASA's Spirit Rover
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit communicated via the Mars Odyssey orbiter today right at the time when ground controllers had told it to, prompting shouts of "She's talking!" among the rover team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
11/10/08 - Dust Storm Cuts Energy Supply of NASA Mars Rover Spirit
A dust storm on Mars has cut into the amount of sunlight reaching the solar array on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, leaving the rover in a vulnerable state.
9/22/08 - NASA's Mars Rover to Head Toward Bigger Crater
NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity is setting its
sights on a crater more than 20 times larger than its home for the
past two years.
8/29/08 - NASA Mars Rover Opportunity Ascends to Level Ground
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has climbed out of the large crater that it had been examining from the inside since last September.
8/26/08 - NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity Climbing out of Victoria Crater
NASA's Mars Exploration rover Opportunity is heading back out to the Red Planet's surrounding plains nearly a year after descending into a large Martian crater to examine exposed ancient rock layers.
4/23/08 - Shoulder Motor Balks on Opportunity Rover's Robotic Arm
A small motor in the robotic arm of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity that began stalling occasionally more than two years ago has become more troublesome recently.
