Mars rovers dust-free and on the move
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Opportunity peers into crater After weathering the dust storms of the past two months, the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity have had their solar panels swept free off dust by kinder, gentler winds. With full power restored, the two explorers are now ready to renew their slow crawl over the surface of the red planet.â¦
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Even though they were expected to explore the Mars surface for only 90 days, the two Mars rovers are still gathering information about the Red Planet. This week, NASA extended their missions again.
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LOS ANGELES NASA&#39;s Mars rovers continue to perform, working three times longer than their designed lives and prompting controllers to give them additional chores.
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The hardy Mars rover Opportunity is struggling to stay alive  amid a severe and long-lasting Martian dust storm -- posing the greatest threat so far to the unexpectedly long-lived vehicle.
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After three years on Mars, NASA rovers built for a three-month mission face their toughest foe: Martian sandstorms blocking the sunlight that charges their batteries.
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A powerful dust storm on Mars has worsened and is affecting the twin rovers' operations on the Red Planet, mission scientists say.
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Summary - (Oct 8, 2004) Now operating three times longer than originally expected, NASA&#39;s Mars Exploration Rovers are still turning up fresh evidence that liquid water once flowed on Mars.
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NASAâs Mars rover Opportunity will finally enter a half-mile-wide crater after two months besieged by a giant dust storm.
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NASAâs Mars rovers have had their missions extended by a further six months after weathering the Martian winter solstice, NASA announced on Tuesday.
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Scientists are baffled by a mysterious power boost to one of its two robotic rovers on Mars.
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NASA&#39;s Mars rovers don&#39;t seem to be wearing out so mission planners have begun to think more boldly, including a plan to let one climb up a steep &quot;escape hatch&quot; from a crater it has been exploring and set out on a trek across a plain.
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As NASA's Mars rovers keep rolling past all expectations of their useful lives, scientists have a happy mystery: For some reason one of the vehicles has actually gained power recently.
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ITHACA -- Getting to drive two rovers on Mars all the way from Ithaca is a dream come true for Cornell University&#39;s Steven Squyres.
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They're old and dirty, but NASA's Mars rovers are back in the exploration business after enduring a lengthy Red Planet dust bowl that blocked most of the sunlight they need for power.
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The most dramatic findings so far from NASA&#39;s twin Mars rovers -- telltale evidence for a wet and possibly habitable environment in the arid planet&#39;s past -- passed rigorous scientific scrutiny for publication in a major research journal.
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Building on the success of the two wheeled geologists that arrived at Mars in January, 2004, NASA has begun planning a new rover mission to the red planet - the Mars Science Laboratory.
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With each passing day, those peppy robots on Mars - Spirit and Opportunity - churn out extraordinary new views of the red planet. Each android is over a year in operation, relaying a steady stream of eye-catching photos.