Through it all, the harsh terrain has done an absolute number on the rover's wheels. As seen in a recently shared image taken by Curiosity's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), giant gashes can be seen ...

Any vehicle traversing the rocky terrain on Mars needs a sturdy set of wheels. NASA’s Perseverance rover, for example, sports thick aluminum ones covered in cleats to enhance its traction and ...

Such wheels have advantages on uneven terrain such as the rocky surface of Mars: they can be extremely deformed if a rover drives over a stone, for example. Once the load is removed, the wheel ...

Mars destroys tires — so NASA reinvented the wheel by giving it a memory. Following is a transcript of the video. NASA has reinvented the tire. These rover tires are made from a nickel-titanium ...

The rough terrain of Mars is breaking the wheels of NASA's Curiosity rover. In response, NASA is trying to reinvent the wheel for space exploration. Metals that can "remember" their form ...

A close-up photo taken by the Curiosity rover shows pure yellow sulfur crystals within a rock. NASA’s Curiosity rover ran over a rock on Mars in late ... in its time. The wheels have suffered ...