Mars Rovers Planners Plot Crater 'Escape'
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NASA's Mars rovers don't seem to be wearing out, so mission planners have begun to think more boldly &#151; including a plan to let one climb up a steep slope from a crater it has been exploring to set out across a plain.
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Scientists are scrambling to find an alternative landing site for a long-armed robot set to launch this summer on a mission to dig into Mars' icy north pole to search for signs of primitive life.
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Description: The two Mars Rovers, Opportunity and Sprit, are showing signs of wear... not surprising, since their mission was expected to end in April.
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LOS ANGELES -- After months of studying rocks and searching for water, the Mars rover Opportunity is taking a look at some of the junk it left behind during its fiery descent last January.
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The rover Opportunity will soon go over the edge into Victoria Crater in search of new hints about Marsâs ancient, and possibly wet, past.
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NASA will send its Mars rover  Opportunity into a gaping Martian crater in July to seek clues  about the planet&#39;s bygone environment despite risks to the  plucky little vehicle, officials said on Thursday.
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By Alicia Chang, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 2--LOS ANGELES -- Scientists are scrambling to find an alternative landing site for a long-armed robot set to launch this summer on a mission to dig into Mars' icy north pole to search for signs of primitive life.
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NASA&#39;s Mars rover Opportunity has arrived at its first stop inside an expansive crater, where it is poised to reach out and touch what may be the ancient remains of the red planet&#39;s surface, mission managers said Wednesday.
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NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is closing in on what may be the grandest overlook and richest science trove of its long mission. During the next two weeks, the robotic geologist is likely to reach the rim of a hole in the Martian surface wider and deeper than any it has visited.
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The Mars Rover Opportunity has  arrived at the rim of a big crater that scientists never  thought it could reach, NASA said on Wednesday.
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NASA&#39;s robotic explorers are back at work on Mars following an extended siesta that had left mission managers with only hope and optimism that the rovers
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A rock dubbed &quot;Uchben&quot; in the &quot;Columbia Hills&quot; inside Gusev Crater is seen in this photo released Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004 taken by the Mars Rover Spirit.
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NASA&#39;s Mars rover Opportunity has found an unusual pattern of cracking on a rock it discovered inside a Martian crater -- evidence, perhaps, that water may once have soaked parts of the crater bed, researchers said yesterday.
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The chances of an asteroid smacking into Mars this month are slipping away as astronomers continue to refine its course toward the red planet.
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Mission scientists worry that nearly a month's worth of storms could permanently damage or disable the Mars rovers exploring the Red Planet.
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Arizona's famous Meteor Crater is a long way from the Moon. But for a menagerie of intelligent robots hoping to earn supporting roles in NASA's lunar exploration plans, the massive impact crater west of Flagstaff is center stage.
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Engineers test an airbag system that could be used to cushion a European rover's landing on Mars.