In the vast expanse of space exploration, robotic rovers have become our proxy explorers, navigating alien terrains and collecting invaluable data. Yet, despite their advanced designs and capabilities ...

When a multimillion-dollar extraterrestrial vehicle gets stuck in soft sand or gravel—as did the Mars rover Spirit in 2009—Earth-based engineers take over like a virtual tow truck, issuing a series of ...

Nearly 14 years ago, NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars for a mission to explore the red planet and discover if it had an ...

As they roll across shadowed regions of the moon's surface, future lunar rovers could develop hazardous buildups of electric ...

Robotic space rovers keep getting stuck because the surface of the moon is "fluffier” than on Earth, suggests a new study. Researchers reckon they've finally worked out why the multi-million dollar ...

Two of NASA's giants of cosmic discovery have been named among the best inventions of the past quarter-century – at least, according to Time magazine. The media company recently assembled a list of ...

HAWTHORNE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Venturi Astrolab, Inc. (Astrolab), announced it has reached an agreement with Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) for the company to transport Astrolab’s ...

An increasing number of nations that have not been traditionally associated with space exploration are currently scrambling to send something to the Moon. Among them is the United Arab Emirates, the ...

Another view from Perseverance shows how windswept Mars' landscape truly is. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In a mission update ...

Over four years since it landed on Mars, NASA's Perseverance Rover might have made serious headway in its mission to find signs of ancient microbial life on the planet. Last July, the autonomous ...

The new building kit is the product of a partnership between the toymaker and a company specializing in lunar surface mobility and space resources. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

NASA has just shared one of its most impressive Mars panoramas to date. Captured by its trusty Curiosity rover, the panorama (below) of the Martian landscape comprises 44 images taken by the rover’s ...