NASA's Curiosity rover found pure sulfur crystals inside a rock after backing over and accidentally crushing it on May 30, ...

A Sahara desert lizard has inspired a new approach to Mars rover mobility. The research could lead to more capable explorers ...

An engineering development version of the NASA rovers currently operating on Mars takes a spin at the Jet Propulsion ...

As part of plans to establish a lunar base, the space agency may send to the moon a spare test version of the rover — as well ...

NASA officials said Tuesday that they are seriously considering sending the full-scale engineering model of the Perseverance ...

Along with other recent discoveries, the new finding from Perseverance boosts the case that Mars once hosted conditions that ...

NASA's Perseverance rover's Mastcam-Z camera captured the Ingenuity helicopter's 47th Mars flight. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Steve Spaleta Music: Terminal ...

NASA has officially ended the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, six months after it lost contact with the probe. MAVEN was the agency's first program dedicated to studying the ...

Where will humans go after Mars? Is Mars the end of the line or is it a steppingstone to somewhere else? If we “moon-to-Mars,” do we then “Mars-to-somewhere else?” These are curious questions that ...

When SpaceX released its investor prospectus last week, it revealed an unusual condition in the compensation deal for CEO Elon Musk: In order for him to earn performance-based shares, the company has ...

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NASA's Perseverance rover has spotted an oddball rock in an ancient river channel on Mars. Deputy project scientist Katie Stack Morgan explains. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS Coffee found to have ...