The next Mars rovers may traverse the Red Planet with futuristic tires. NASA 's Glenn Research Center released imagery and footage from testing of a novel tire, called a shape memory alloy spring tire ...

Mars, also called the Red Planet ... which also ensures the cabin remains at an optimal temperature. The solar-powered rover relies on sunlight to generate electricity. The solar panels cover ...

This small, solar-powered rotorcraft became ... an aerial scout for the Perseverance rover, helping scientists and engineers gather valuable data about Mars' terrain and atmosphere.

China plans to create a massive photovoltaic installation in space. They predict that the project could gather more energy in ...

NASA unveils a groundbreaking approach to bring Martian rock samples back to Earth by 2026, introducing competition between ...

For years, the U.S. space agency's Perseverance rover has been scouring Mars and scooping up intriguing rock samples. Some of those samples have been stashed away in cylindrical tubes on the ...

NASA hopes a revised plan will get Mars samples back to Earth faster and cost less than the agency's original plan.

The US$2.7-billion Perseverance rover collected the samples looking for evidence of past life, but NASA is dithering about how to get them off the Red Planet.

NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is only in development and has already struggled. Now, the agency has laid out two paths forward.

To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity, NASA announced Tuesday a new approach to its Mars Sample Return Program.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working ...