Mars is quietly turning into a long-distance proving ground, and the vehicle leading the pack is not a dune buggy but a ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this view of a location nicknamed “Mont Musard” on Sept. 8, 2025. Made up of three images, the panorama also captures another region, “Lac de Charmes,” where ...

NASA teams are testing drones, robot dogs, and new flight software in America’s toughest deserts to prepare for the ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover may soon set a record for the longest distance driven on another planet.

When the Perseverance rover arrived on Mars nearly five years ago, NASA officials thought the next American lander to take ...

Sending a rover into space to explore other celestial bodies comes with a dizzying array of challenges, and one of the most ...

NASA reported 2025 achievements in lunar, Mars, and Earth science missions, including Artemis II preparations, CLPS landers, Mars ESCAPADE, ISS research, heliophysics, and new astronaut candidates.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is testing drone navigation software in Death Valley to prepare future rotorcraft for Mars’ terrain.

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) officially went into service above the Red Planet in November 2006. The spacecraft ...

NASA's Webb space telescope (Hubble's successor) and Mars rover Curiosity have been included in Time magazine's list of the ...

From NASA's Death Valley tests for Mars helicopter replacements to Ukraine's interceptor drones, the rapid evolution of drone ...

To develop more robust next-generation aerial explorers, NASA's Mars Exploration program is turning to drones.