There are many obstacles to overcome before humans can set foot on Mars, including problems surrounding launch mass and ...

The Perseverance Mars rover has collected a rock sample on Mars unlike any other it has picked up so far. NASA's Perseverance rover is currently exploring hills and rocky outcrops along the rim of ...

New images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show colorful clouds in the sky over Mars. The images were captured by the rover's Mastcam, which NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory compared to the rover's ...

So too each rover uses its three-jointed arm to wield equipment including a camera and a tool for grinding into Mars rocks. Rock-breaking brings up the essential reason to muse over these robots ...

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image of its 26th collected rock sample, named “Silver Mountain,” using its onboard Sample Caching System Camera, located inside the rover’s ...

The next Mars rovers may traverse the Red Planet with futuristic tires. NASA's Glenn Research Center released imagery and footage from testing of a novel tire, called a shape memory alloy spring ...

The NASA Mars Sample Return Program plans to bring these samples to Earth (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS) The rover has journeyed across more than 20 miles, according to an interactive map that ...

Have you seen the weird “alien doorway” on Mars image that went viral on social media? It was sent back by NASA’s Curiosity rover on May 7, 2022 as it traveled through the red planet’s ...

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 ...

(This isn't the case with Earth's surface, which is constantly recycled as tectonic ... of NASA's Perseverance and Curiosity rovers, which are still exploring Mars, as well as inactive missions ...

"I'll always remember the first time I saw those iridescent clouds and was sure at first it was some color artifact." ...