This image was captured on Oct. 2, 2013 on the 411th sol, or Mars day, of the Curiosity rover's mission on the planet. On the ...

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 ...

It’s not just people who are sharing what they’re grateful for during Thanksgiving today — Mars rovers are, too. In a post on X, NASA’s Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars in 2012, shared a message ...

SpaceX will launch Europe's life-hunting Rosalind Franklin rover toward Mars in 2028 — but not aboard the company's Starship ...

In a simulation of Mars, a space rover is testing a control system with an unusual inspiration: insect brains. The software was created by Opteran, a startup based in the UK. But the idea originated ...

Hurtling towards the moon right now, safely stored in a garage held against the side of a lunar lander, is a suitcase-sized robotic rover from Colorado. And it's on course to make history, heralding ...

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 ...

MADISON — 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, ...

HELSINKI — China’s human spaceflight agency has selected two teams to develop prototype rovers for the country’s planned crewed moon mission before the end of the decade. The country last year put out ...

Space operations are extremely sophisticated and expensive undertakings. There are so many things that can go wrong, especially when it comes to on-ground missions on extra-terrestrial bodies such as ...