After the space agency canceled its VIPER rover, an empty space was available on a private spacecraft that will still head to ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected a sample from Mars that has textures “unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.” Known ...

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get them back to Earth.

Any vehicle traversing the rocky terrain on Mars needs a sturdy set of ... are reportedly busy designing the next generation of tires for future rover expeditions across the Red Planet—and ...

On Feb. 18, 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars and began collecting soil ... technical issues and has not yet rescheduled its next attempt. The two rockets’ propulsive muscle ...

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 ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has collected a unique rock sample named "Silver Mountain" from Mars' Jezero Crater, featuring ...

American space agency NASA is looking into nickel-titanium as a potential material for future planetary rovers wheels, ...

The 3.7-billion-year-old formations in the planet's Gale Crater suggest the presence of long-gone bodies of liquid water, with no ice covering the surface ...

Next spring is going to be a busy time for Mars. In close succession, three spacecraft will arrive at the planet, joining the dozen or so craft already circling Mars.... The current COVID-19 ...

Perseverance in December finally summitted the steep Martian crater to begin the next leg of its journey exploring Mars. Upon reaching the rim, ahead of the rover was a quarter-mile drive to ...

It said that a selection would be announced as soon as next year ... The Perseverance rover is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the ...