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Stop What You’re Doing, Explore Mars Right Now

11:45AM January 26, 2012 | Brent Rose

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to walk around on Mars? For 99.99999% of us, this may be as close as we ever get. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has given us the honour of taking the lid off of this awesome, interactive eye-candy. Basically it’s Google Earth, for Mars. More »


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As Spirit Fades Forever, Mars Opportunity Rover Reaches New Distance Milestone

3:00AM June 5, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Even as its twin goes dark, Opportunity soldiers on unabated: The plucky NASA Mars rover, on the planet for seven years now, just passed an impressive 30-kilometre milestone. More »


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The Last Dying View Of A Brave Mars Explorer

8:40AM June 2, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Years after the sad death of Phoenix, the Mars Rover Spirit has been officially declared dead too. Right before his demise, the brave little robot sent us his last view as his systems powered down forever. This is his last vision. More »


NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Amnesia

6:00AM November 2, 2009 | Jack Loftus

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 »