Mars rover enjoys mysterious power boost
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Not only are NASA&#39;s seemingly unstoppable Mars rovers continuing their progress half a year beyond their design lifetimes, but Opportunity has recently shown an unexplained increase in its solar-cell power output, NASA has revealed.
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ith one Mars rover climbing into the hills and the other descending deep into a crater, scientists yesterday reported the discovery of several mysterious rock structures along with yet more signs that Mars was once awash in water.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 6  /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is closing in on what may be the grandest overlook and richest science trove of its long mission.
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Images from a European space probe reveal recent glacial deposits and lava flows on Mars that suggest the red planet is more active than many scientists had thought.
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Nasa's robotic rover Opportunity sends back more images as it edges towards Victoria Crater.
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NASA&#39;s Mars rover Opportunity seems to have stumbled into something akin to a carwash that has left its solar panels much cleaner than those of its twin rover, Spirit.
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The Mars rover Opportunity has found new evidence of past existence of water on the Red Planet, NASA said. Opportunity keeps finding new clues of past water as it continues probing Mars, said mission scientists
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NASA's Opportunity Mars rover has come across  an interesting object&nbsp;-- perhaps a meteorite sitting out in the open at Meridiani  Planum. Initial data taken by the robot's Mini-Thermal Emission Spectrometer  (Mini-TES) is suggestive that the odd-looking rock is made of  metal.
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The twin rovers on Mars - now reviving having survived the freezing depths of Martian winter - have found new signs that water was once plentiful on Mars.
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From 100 million miles away, engineers maneuver the rover remotely and enthusiastically.
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Scientists said Friday they are plotting the next move for the Mars rover Opportunity, which reached the edge of a deep and geologically rich crater last week after a marathon trek.
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Almost by accident, NASA&#39;s Mars rover Opportunity has found a rock that may point to a second water event in the red planet&#39;s past.
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NEW YORK With one Mars rover climbing into the hills and the other descending deep into a crater, scientists reported the discovery of several mysterious rock structures, along with yet more signs that Mars was once awash in water.
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NASA&#39;s Mars rovers have returned new evidence for past water, pictures of Earthlike clouds seen for the first time from the planet&#39;s surface, and a rock that doesn&#39;t look like anything scientists have ever seen.
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Guaranteed to survive just 90 days, the Mars rovers are thriving, giving hope to scientists that more discovery lies ahead.
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PASADENA, Calif.   The Mars rover Spirit has developed a problem with one of its six wheels, but NASA officials said Tuesday they believe the robot geologist can continue working.
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NASA has made its Mars rovers even smarter with computer upgrades beamed through space that give the robots greater power to act on their own on the red planet.