UChicago-led analysis of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why planet was likely harsh desert for most ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover faced a challenging Mars rock named “Kenmore,” revealing valuable insights into Martian geology.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover ground down a portion of a rock surface, blew away the resulting debris, and then went to work ...

In addition to drilling rock core samples, the science team has been grinding its way into rocks to make sense of the ...

The rover brought along the Ingenuity helicopter, the first to fly on another planet. Smoke simulation by Joel Adams. This ...

Peter C. Theisinger with a model of the Spirit rover shortly after Spirit and its twin, Opportunity, landed on Mars in January 2004. Credit... Kevork Djansezian/Associated Press ...

Pete Theisinger, the longtime employee of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory who led the Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity rover missions to Mars, died June 26 after a long illness. He was 78.

Mars memorial. NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity rovers, by carrying small pieces of the wreckage, paid tribute to the victims of the September 11, 2001, attack on the twin towers of the World Trade ...

The pair of rovers touched down on the surface of Mars in January 2004, positioned on opposite sides of the planet to maximize exploration. Tech. ... Spirit and Opportunity.

Before Spirit and Opportunity, scientists had no definitive proof that the network of channels visible from Mars’ orbit were formed by liquid water. The twin rovers delivered it—and set the ...