What methods and simulations can engineers use to accurately test rovers that are used on other worlds like the Moon and Mars? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of Field Robotics ...

It's been more than 18 months since NASA narrowed to three the field of competitors vying to build the nation's next moon ...

As space agencies race to set foot on the Moon, Mars, and elsewhere, a not-so-glamorous problem could be the key to success: ...

The study points out that NASA has been focusing too heavily on simulating the effect of gravity on the rover itself, neglecting how the weaker gravity affects the soils, sands, and dust on Mars and ...

It’s been more than 18 months since NASA narrowed to three the field of competitors vying to build the nation’s next moon rover.

Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison uncovered a critical flaw in how lunar and Martian rovers are tested on Earth. Simulations revealed that test results have been misleading for decades ...

NASA’s rover has made a poignant discovery on Mars: the crushed remains of a helicopter that once soared through the planet’s ...

Engineers took NASA’s Mars 2020 for a spin on Aug. 29, 2019. The 2,300-pound (1,040-kilogram) Martian vehicle was rotated clockwise and counterclockwise at about 1 revolution per minute on what is ...

Apollo 17 astronauts drove a moon buggy across the lunar surface in 1972, measuring gravity with a special instrument. There are no astronauts on Mars, but a group of clever researchers realized they ...

Although humanity is getting better at sending robotic probes out into the Solar System to explore the places no human can tread, we're still very much on a learning curve. The first extraterrestrial ...