The first rover should touch down on the planet’s surface on 4 January 2004. The second is scheduled to launch on June 25, also from Cape Canaveral, and will land at another spot on Mars on 25 ...

Next came the twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, which landed at separate sites on opposite sides of Mars in 2004. Both sites showed the promise of learning about water on Mars.

NASA's twin Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have now spent 10 years on the surface of Mars. (Image credit: NASA/JPL) Spirit and Opportunity: twin explorers.

OPTIMISM, a twin of the Perseverance rover that is exploring Jezero Crater on Mars, will perform a crucial job in the weeks ahead: navigating the Mars Yard’s slopes and hazards, drilling sample ...

NASA's Perserverance rover launched in July on a multimonth journey to Mars. It's a bit like sending your kids off to college, except you'll never see them again. But NASA scientists back on Earth ...

BOSTON — When scientists wanted to explore what kind of life might exist on Mars, public television’s “Nova” recorded the building and launch of the rovers sent to the planet. Now, a year ...

NASA’s Mars rovers Opportunity and Spirit are identical twins – so alike that they even fooled NASA. Researchers have discovered that they sent the robots to Mars with an instrument meant for ...

The Mars 2020 rover arm also supports a coring drill, designed to cut cylindrical core sections from rock rather than just pulverize them as Curiosity‘s drill does.

An identical version of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has been taken for a spin in the Mars Yard, a dirt field that simulates the Martian surface. Skip to main content. Menu ...

NASA's Mars 2020 rover looks virtually the same as Curiosity, but there are a number of differences. One giveaway to which rover you're looking at is 2020's aft cross-beam, which looks a bit like ...

Next came the twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, which landed at separate sites on opposite sides of Mars in 2004. Both sites showed the promise of learning about water on Mars.