A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

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 ...

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

Human ambition to want to know as much as possible about everything around us in space is something that could already be ...

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 ...

The adverse environment is challenging for humans to land on and explore. This is where a Mars rover comes in handy. The Zhurong Mars rover is named after the mythological fire deity Zhurong and ...

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 ...