NASA's Curiosity Rover is navigating the northern end of Texoli Butte on Mars, uncovering ancient sedimentary layers. Recent challenges forced the rover to stop its drive earlier than planned ...

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

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 ...

Now, NASA’s Curiosity rover has identified two sets of ancient wave ripples on Mars, suggesting the presence of standing bodies of liquid water billions of years ago. Curiosity discovered the ...

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 ...

Yet not much has changed since the days of the Sojourner rover of the Pathfinder mission, and that's something that simply won't work if we are to properly explore the Moon and Mars. There are ...

The wheels of rovers wear out badly on Mars. NASA is testing new types of wheels made from a special alloy that are less susceptible to deformation. Mars has an uneven and rugged surface over ...

For years, the U.S. space agency's Perseverance rover has been scouring Mars and scooping up intriguing rock samples. Some of those samples have been stashed away in cylindrical tubes on the ...