+ NASA Homepage + NASA en Español + Marte en Español + Mars Home Time on Mars Pathfinder Innovation Challenge Rover Status Spirit:  Extrication Attempt Begins >> Opportunity:  'Marquette' Study Begins >> Second Extrication Drive Yields Slight Progress  >> Opportunity Finds Another Meteorite  >>   Latest Press Images Latest Press Release (November 12, 2009) Latest Audio Press Conference All Press Images All Press Releases All Videos All Raw Images Panorama Images 3-D Images Where are the Rovers now? Second Planned Extrication Drive is Straight Ahead Again The plan for an extrication drive on Sol 2090 (Nov. 19) will essentially be a repeat of the first drive plan, but with improved rover attitude knowledge. >> Tilt Parameters End First Extrication Drive The preliminary results from the first extrication drive for Spirit on Sol 2088 (Nov. 17, 2009) indicate the rover stopped less than 1 second after it began, sensing more vehicle lateral tilt than permitted. >> Team Prepares to Uplink Commands to Spirit Driving commands are being prepared to instruct Spirit to attempt to drive forward. These are the first driving commands since Spirit became embedded in a Martian sandtrap approximately six months ago. >> NASA to Begin Attempts to Free Sand-Trapped Mars Rover NASA will begin transmitting commands to its Mars exploration rover Spirit on Monday as part of an escape plan to free the venerable robot from its Martian sand trap. >> Take Me Out to the Ballpark - On Mars! Students in fourth through seventh grade will work to create the ultimate baseball experience "on Mars," even designing the rules for how to play a game on the Red Planet. >> Amnesia-Like Behavior Returns on Spirit Until Oct. 24, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover had gone more than six months without an episode of amnesia-like symptoms like those that appeared on four occasions earlier this year. >> Team Runs Operational Test to Prepare for Extracting Spirit Engineers using test rovers on Earth to prepare for extracting the sand-trapped Spirit rover on Mars have added a new challenge to their preparations. >> more features >> Free Spirit: Nov 12 Plotting an Escape Free Spirit: Rescuing a Rover Part 1 of 2 Free Spirit : Rescuing a Rover Part 2 of 2 Mars Exploration Rover Update, July 15 Free Spirit - Measuring Progress Weather Movie, Mars South Polar Region, March-April 2009 (Close) Weather Movie, Mars South Polar Region, March-April 2009 (Far) more videos >> + Freedom of Information Act + The President's Management Agenda + FY 2002 Agency Performance and    accountability report + NASA Privacy Statement, Disclaimer, and    Accessiblity Certification Last Updated: + Comments and Questions