The Mars rover Spirit made its first small step out of the rut it's been mired in for the past six months. The second time was a charm for the Mars Exploration Rover mission, which began sending signals to Spirit in the wee hours of Tuesday morning after months of perfecting an escape plan for the rover, which has its wheels covered up to its hubcaps in a powdery soil.

NASA's second attempt to drive stuck Mars rover Spirit results in some small movement.

NASA officials and JPL scientists will make a final attempt Monday night to extricate the Mars rover Spirit, which got caught near the edge of what appears to be an ancient impact site six months ago.

NASA will make a second attempt to move stuck Spirit Mars rover.

NASA's Mars-exploring Spirit rover received its commands Tuesday to attempt an escape from a sand trap, but it made little progress because of a precarious tilt, mission managers reported today.

The Spirit rover has made "slight forward movement" out of a Martian sand trap where it has been stuck for seven months, NASA reports.

NASA's Mars-exploring Spirit rover has received its commands to attempt an escape from the sand trap it is stuck in and mission managers are waiting to hear back on the plucky robot's progress.

The NASA rover Spirit, stuck in sand on Mars, tried to move Tuesday for the first time since May. In less than a second, it stopped.

The effort to free NASA's Spirit rover, currently mired in sand on Mars, will begin in earnest today

NASA has sent commands to move the stuck Spirit rover on Mars and are waiting to see what progress was made.