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 ...

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 functionality of a rover’s wheels in alien dirt. When NASA’s Spirit ...

Robotic space rovers keep hitting a snag because the moon's surface is "fluffier" than Earth's, according to a new study. Researchers believe they've cracked the code as to why these multi-million ...

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 ...

NASA's new Mars Rover is only a few months away from the opening of its release window in July. The Perseverance rover crew is busy with the very last preparations, consisting of a mass properties ...

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 ...

We're learning more than ever before about our planetary neighbor Mars thanks to rovers like Perseverance, Curiosity, and Zhurong, which are exploring there and learning about the planet's geology and ...

Back in the day when Opel was still part of General Motors, another important European car manufacturer that belonged to the biggest of the Big Detroit Three wasn't Britain's Vauxhall – it was ...

A British start-up has revealed its plan to land a walking rover on the Moon 2021. On October 10 at a New Scientist Live event in London, Spacebit's founder and CEO Pavlo Tanasyuk showed off the rover ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. NASA's ...