NASA shared a timelapse showing six years of wear and tear on the Curiosity rover's wheels. The car-sized rover has been exploring Mars' Gale Crater since 2012, far exceeding its two-year mission plan ...

Problems in space can be complex and dangerous. But NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spent the end of April embroiled in a much simpler problem: It got stuck in a rock. Curiosity's woes began on April 25 ...

Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since 1984, first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News. On Wednesday, ...

The Perseverance Mars rover poses against a dramatic backdrop of ancient Martian terrain in a new selfie. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

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The agency last heard from the spacecraft on December 6. Recovered fragmentary data suggest that MAVEN was spinning ...

NASA's Maven spacecraft around Mars has been declared dead after six months of radio silence. Maven was launched in 2013 to ...

Scientists can even use the footage to study how sand accumulates and shifts across the rover, offering subtle clues about seasonal patterns in the planet's thin atmosphere. When you purchase through ...

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NASA's Mars Perseverance rover travels across its 1st AI-charted route Posted: May 7, 2026 | Last updated: May 7, 2026 Scientists successfully employed artificial intelligence to plan a course for ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover recently took a self-portrait against a sweeping backdrop of ancient Martian terrain at a location the science team calls Lac de Charmes. Assembled from 61 individual ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover is living up to its name as its total distance traveled approaches the length of a marathon. Over the past five years, this intrepid explorer has traversed more than 26.05 ...