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Mars Rovers Celebrate 10 Years on Red Planet

NASA Rover Mission Marks 8 Pioneering Years on Mars

By Mike Wall published

Spirit and Opportunity have made ground-breaking discoveries on the Red Planet.

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This view from the front hazard-avoidance camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover's arm's shadow falling near a bright mineral vein informally named "Homestake."

NASA Rover Finds Convincing Evidence of Water on Ancient Mars

By Mike Wall published

The Opportunity rover made its find on the rim of Endeavour Crater.

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Apollo 17 mission commander Eugene A. Cernan makes a short checkout of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the early part of the first Apollo 17 extravehicular activity at the Taurus-Littrow landing site in 1972.

Driving on the Moon: Photos of NASA's Lunar Cars

By Space.com Staff published

NASA put the first cars on the moon and has plans for even newer lunar models.

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Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) on August 1, 1971, at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. The first Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) on the moon, stands to the right.

Driving on the Moon: The 40-Year Legacy of NASA's First Lunar Car

By Denise Chow published

The first lunar rover used during the Apollo 15 mission has a long and lasting legacy.

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Mars Explored: Landers and Rovers Since 1971 (Infographic)

By Karl Tate published

Locations on Mars that have been visited by robots from Earth.

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NASA's twin Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have been on the surface of Mars for more than seven years.

Remembering Spirit: Q & A With Mars Rover Chief Steve Squyres

By Mike Wall published

Mars rover principal investigator Steve Squyres recalls Spirit's highs and looks toward the future.

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NASA's twin Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have been on the surface of Mars for more than seven years.

NASA Gives Up On Stuck Mars Rover Spirit

By Natalie Wolchover published

NASA will cease its efforts to contact Spirit, a Mars rover that explored Mars from 2004 to 2010 before going silent.

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NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity

The Next Mars Rover: Q&A With Mars Science Laboratory Manager Pete Theisinger

By Mike Wall published

A Q&A with Pete Theisinger, mananger of the Mars Science Laboratory mission, which will drop a car-sized rover onto the Red Planet in August 2012.

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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded this view of a crater informally named "Freedom 7." The image combines two frames that Opportunity took with its navigation camera on May 2, 2011.

Mars Crater Named After Historic Freedom 7 Spacecraft

By Tom Chao published

Just after the anniversary of Alan Shepard's flight, scientists named a crater in his honor

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NASA's twin Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have been on the surface of Mars for more than seven years.

Are You There, Spirit? NASA's Stuck Mars Rover Passes a Year in Silence

By Mike Wall published

It's now been a full year since NASA's Mars rover Spirit last communicated with Earth, and the odds that the robot will ever wake up aren't looking so good.

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