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more about #spirit Noobs-R-Us: Johnny-5 is not alive? more » mangonights: NASA just needs to keep paying the annual membership for about a 100 years and A.A.A. will eventually get there to give Spirit a tow. ...much like th... more » Volanova: The fact that it's still semi-operational after this long is a miracle as it is. I still get a smile on my face when I read about the weekly transmis... more » gdigital: The show I saw on this showed the team of dozens of people trying to unstick a rover that was supposed to be dead long ago. They send a command. wai... more » fryhole: NASA, it's an amazing accomplishment to send a robot to Mars, but its freaking incredible that you're still working on restoring Spirit's movement aft... more » tomcat1483: Every journey must have an end. It is a little sand that Spirits may end here. We must keep in mind that his journey was only supposed to last 60 days... more » FredicvsMaximvs: This sounds like a job for SPACEBAT! #space more » PotteryBarnClearanceSale: Even if this fails, it isn't a loss since both rovers are so far over their expected mission life everything at this point is a bonus. The Mars rover... more » Pessimippöpötåmus: Awwwwwwwww. The Mars Rovers are the original Wall-Es. #space more » :negated:: I'm thinking, in this case we have a perfectly good opportunity to take spirit out back like old yeller... #space more » badhatharry: I would have gone with some reverse Springsteen. ...Trade in these wheels for some wings... #space more » Software_Goddess: "I think I can… I think I can… I think I can" #space more » Complexified: Where the fuck is AAA when you need 'em? #space more » Calzo: Send Bear Gryls out. He'll survive. #space more » jfong91001: The two rovers have performed beyond what was asked of them. Horray for NASA for their excellent work! more » Counterglow: The rovers have performed magnificently. Imagine what an updated version could accomplish if it was controlled directly from a long-term base on the ... more » Matthias Vandegaer: the things worked way beyond their expiration date, we need not mourn over them for they gave us way more bang for our buck than expected. #mars more » froggy: "we must remind ourselves these rovers were built for 90-day missions. Spirit is currently going on five years, nine months. " maybe that means Mars ... more » LukeDukem: "My uneducated guess is a Martian is playing with a magnet." Flash memory is not a magnetic storage medium and thus magnets do nothing to the content... more » JC Whitless: You know, when I'm old and feeble, I will probably take a day trip from the senior center to see these bad boys at the Smithsonian. Because I hope th... more » -
#mars
Mars Spirit Rover Suffers Another Setback With Second Wheel Thought Broken
NASA's Spirit Rover just isn't having much luck, between sand storms and broken wheels, with a second wheel presumed broken and the threat of an icy-cold winter freezing the Spirit "to death" if it doesn't move on soon. More » -
#mars
Spirit Rover Ready to Take...Those Sunken Wheels...
...And learn to roll again, roll again so free. Sure, Spirit is stuck in sand and senile, but that doesn't mean he's down and out. NASA is ready to free Spirit from the sand and put him back to work. More » -
#space
NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia
We hadn't visited the NASA Mars rovers in a while here at Gizmodo, so I thought I'd take a look today and see what they're up to. Unfortunately, things could be better. More » -
#imagecache
What Is This?
This panorama is so out of focus that at first I thought this was some kind of giant alien mothership descending upon a massive mountain. The truth is that this photo comes from another planet. More » -
#nasa
Fellow Robots Trying to Help Stuck Mars Spirit
You know when Woody gets kidnapped and then Buzz Lightyear and Mr Potato and all the toys go to rescue him from the evil toy man? Well, this story has nothing to do with that. More » -
#space
Alien Skull Discovered in NASA Mars Photograph, Dr. Bonkers Says
This NASA image—recently taken by Mars Rover Spirit—shows the 5.9-inch skull of a Martian, with binocular eyes 2 inches apart, 1400 cc cranial capacity, and "most likely a carnivore." At least, according to a loony. More » -
#anothertearjerker
Spirit Mars Rover May Be Dead Too Now
More bad bad news. Just two days ago Phoenix Mars Lander sent his last words, and NASA announced the end of the mission because of a storm that covered its solar panels with Martian dust. Today, we have learnt that the Mars Spirit rover may be dying too because exactly the same problem. In fact, according to Bruce Banerdt—the mission manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and part-time Hulk impersonator—he may be dead already: More » -
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#space
NASA Leaving Spirit Mars Rover to Die Due to Budget Cuts
Sad news today from NASA: Spirit, the Mars rover, is perfectly functional and waiting for instructions that it'll never receive on a sunny hillside on the red planet. It's being left to die due to budget cuts. UPDATE: Looks like NASA has changed their mind. Physorg reports that "it has rescinded a letter that recommended budget cuts in the Mars Rover program to cover the cost of a next-generation rover on the Red Planet." Yee haw! More »
