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NASA’s newest Mars rover, Perseverance, started out as a concept on paper. Scientists and engineers have brought it to life and artists have illustrated that journey along the way.
The Chinese Mars rover Zhurong uses "inchworm"-like movements to free its wheels, a trait that NASA's Artemis mission has included in their moon rover too.
To design effective rovers for Mars, moon and asteroid missions, engineers need experience testing robotic systems on similar terrain — part of Ewan Reid's responsibility on the MarsCrew 134 team.
After three days of intense competition under the hot desert sun, the Mars Rover Design Team (MRDT) from the Missouri University of Science and Technology became the first team from the United ...
A mission to return samples from Mars isn't of much use if they don't actually return, which is why ESA is working on a new robotic rover to retrieve containers of Martian rock and soil left ...
The rover NASA plans to send to Mars in 2020 is taking shape, and today its near-final design was revealed, along with details on several of its cool new instruments. The computer-generated image ...
If you thought the Mars Curiosity rover — which has already delivered some incredible insights about Mars and even figured out how to use its … ...
Airbus's Sample Fetch Rover was destined for Mars until NASA pulled the plug on the project in July. But the team behind it is determined to find it a new role.
I'm curious about the Curiosity Rover that just landed on Mars. The rover will perform science experiments like digging up soil to see if there was ever life on Mars.
April 5, 2021 Mars scientist examining the landscape through rover camera she helped design for NASA Perseverance mission This is a 360-degree panorama image taken of the Mars landscape. The image was ...