In the region where the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover will search for signs of life, clay deposits extend beyond previous ...

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Watch footage of China's Zhurong rover moving on the Martian surface. It was captured by a camera the rover deployed on Mars. Also, listen to audio the rover recorded during it deployment onto the ...

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NASA's Perseverance rover has spent more than three and a half years exploring Mars's Jezero Crater, building up a remarkable catalog of mineral discoveries. In a new study published in the Journal of ...

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While it has enabled many exciting discoveries, the Curiosity rover has also encountered its share of setbacks. The latest left NASA engineers speechless. On April 25, the Mars rover drilled into a ...

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover sent a self-portrait back to the agency this week with a sweeping backdrop of the red planet. NASA released the new snapshot from the Perseverance rover on Tuesday, ...

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 ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover had an unexpectedly stubborn Mars souvenir after drilling into a rock nicknamed “Atacama” — the entire chunk ripped loose from the ground and stayed stuck to the rover’s drill.

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 ...