As they roll across shadowed regions of the moon's surface, future lunar rovers could develop hazardous buildups of electric ...

Humanity’s drive to explore has taken us across the solar system, with astronaut boots, various landers and rovers’ wheels ...

Watch a prototype of NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, (VIPER) roll down a ramp to simulate its ...

Another view from Perseverance shows how windswept Mars' landscape truly is.

NASA's Curiosity rover has sent back a striking new "postcard" from high on the slopes of Mount Sharp, offering a dramatic look at the rugged Martian landscape it's been exploring for more than a ...

Space exploration is perhaps the only kind of human activity where failure is not only tolerated but probably recommended. Through explosions on the launch pad, failed lift-offs, or botched landings, ...

What innovative rovers can be developed to advance Mars surface exploration? This is what a recent study presented at the Joint Meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress and the Division for ...

Key market opportunities in lunar exploration technology include advancing next-gen landers and rovers, increasing autonomous ...

Lighting conditions around Shackleton Crater captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University NASA is looking into the adoption of light detection and ranging ...

NASA has awarded Blue Origin a task order worth up to $190 million to deliver its Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) to the Moon’s surface. Blue Origin, one of 13 currently active ...