Back on Track on the Red Planet

The two Mars exploration rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, are each about the size of a golf cart. Their six-wheel undercarriages are designed in such a way as to allow a rover to climb over small rocks, and rotate in place. Lately, dust storms threatened to kill one of NASA's Mars rovers ... [ read more >> ]

Spirit moved its robotic arm during the rover's 1,277th Martian day (Aug. 6) for the first time in 20 days

Image comment: Spirit moved its robotic arm during the rover's 1,277th Martian day (Aug. 6) for the first time in 20 days
Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell

Spirit moved its robotic arm during the rover's 1,277th Martian day (Aug. 6) for the first time in 20 days