Topic: Mars Exploration
NASA ends effort to free rover from Martian sand
AP News
NASA gives up trying to make Mars rover mobile again; Spirit can still do stationary researchThe Mars rover Spirit has logged nearly five miles during six years of rolling around the red planet. It has driven forward, backward and uphill over plains, plateaus, and even a mountain as tall as ...
NASA: No word from Phoenix Mars lander
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NASA: No word from Phoenix Mars lander; scientists say it may not have survived winterNASA says there's no word from the Phoenix lander that is presumed to be frozen near the Martian north pole. The space agency said Thursday the Mars Odyssey spacecraft passed over the Phoenix landing site ...
Mars rover Spirit's 6-year stint may be ending: NASA
AFP Global Edition
NASA Sunday celebrated Mars rover Spirit's bountiful, six-year stint on the red planet, way longer than the three months it was forecast to last. But it all may soon come to an end, stuck as it is in Martian sand. The tireless, 180-kilogram (400-pound), six-wheel robot broke through a ...
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