Mars Rovers Still at Work
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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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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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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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From 100 million miles away, 14 workers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory  take turns daily planning the routes, work schedules and areas to be explored by the two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, as they make their way across the Martian surface.
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NASA is planning to add a strong dose of artificial intelligence (AI) to planetary rovers to make them much more self-reliant, capable of making basic decisions during a mission. Scientists are developing very complex AI software that enables a higher level of robotic intelligence.
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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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Something strange is happening on Mars. It seems something or someone is cleaning the windows on one of two rovers probing the surface of the red planet.
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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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NASA's Spirit and Opportunity have been exploring Mars about three times as long as originally scheduled. The more they look, the more evidence of past liquid water on Mars these robots discover.
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As communications with Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity improves because the planet has emerged from behind the sun (from Earth&#39;s view), NASA has extended the robots&#39; mission.
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NASA has announced that its Mars robots Spirit and Opportunity would work six months longer than expected. NASA made the decision after re-establishing radio contact with the twin rovers, which had spent 12 days behind the Sun.
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LOS ANGELES Oct. 7, 2004 - 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 slope from a crater it has been exploring to set out across a plain.
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The Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, received another 6 months of funding from NASA. The two rovers were originally designed to complete a primary mission of three months, but have continued to operate for 5 additional months.
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AGEING but still on the go, climbing in and around craters, tapping into the mysteries of strangely cracked rocks, the two roving vehicles, Spirit and Opportunity, have explored Mars about three times as long as originally scheduled and keep finding
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PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- As NASA&#39;s Spirit and Opportunity rovers resumed reliable contact with Earth, after a period when Mars passed nearly behind the Sun, the space agency extended
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As NASA (news - web sites)&#39;s Mars rovers keep rolling past all expectations of their useful lives, scientists have a happy mystery: For some reason one
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A severe dust storm is underway on Mars, causing an energy crisis for NASA's Mars rovers. Dust in the atmosphere over Opportunity has blocked 99 percent of direct sunlight, leaving only the limited diffuse sky light to power the rover.