Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday ... He and Creager believe upcoming rovers fitted with SMA wheels may not just benefit missions to Mars, but to the moon, as well.

NASA’s Mars Rovers are robots that have inspired many budding engineers around the world. [Nikodem Bartnik] had a particular fondness for them himself, and set out to build a miniature version ...

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image of its 26th collected rock sample, named “Silver Mountain,” using its onboard Sample Caching System Camera, located inside the rover’s ...

The Perseverance Mars rover has collected a rock sample on Mars unlike any other it has picked up so far. NASA's Perseverance rover is currently exploring hills and rocky outcrops along the rim of ...

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 ...

On Feb. 18, 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars and began collecting soil, rock, and atmospheric samples in 30 sterile, cigar-sized, titanium tubes. Now, four years later, the entire ...