For years, NASA has used environments like deserts or the specially designed “Mars Yard” at the ... based terramechanics ...

The model Kite’s team built was unique in that it captured evolution of the Martian landscape and climate over an extremely ...

This time, it has come through an unintentional clash between the Curiosity Rover and a Martian rock in the Gediz Vallis Channel, as reported by Science Alert. The clash led to the rock in question ...

James is a published author with four pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, strange science, ...

Sheel and his team found that when the atmosphere of Mars is laden with dust, the atmosphere becomes less conductive, prohibiting the flow of charges. This could cause a massive charge buildup in a ...

Rover tests on Earth may give wrong results. Simulations show Earth’s gravity makes sand seem firm when it is loose on the ...

WHAT: Mars Rover Model Competition Teacher Workshop WHEN: Registration Deadline – Friday, Sept. 3 Workshop – 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Sept. 11 WHERE: University of Houston ...

When a multimillion-dollar extraterrestrial vehicle gets stuck in soft sand or gravel—as did the Mars rover Spirit in ...

Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison uncovered a critical flaw in how lunar and Martian rovers are tested on ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has found iron-rich carbonates on Mars — a major clue that the Red Planet used to be habitable.

NASA has spent a few hundred million dollars on its Mars rovers, but some Houston-area kids have built intriguing models for next to nothing. More than 150 students from 10 schools displayed their ...