NASA considers sending a spare Mars rover to the moon to rev up preparations for lunar base

An engineering development version of the NASA rovers currently operating on Mars takes a spin at the Jet Propulsion ...

NASA may send a backup, nuclear-powered Mars rover to the Moon

NASA officials said Tuesday that they are seriously considering sending the full-scale engineering model of the Perseverance ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Mars Rover Spots Complex Carbon on the Red Planet, Marking Yet Another Detection of a Building Block of Life

Along with other recent discoveries, the new finding from Perseverance boosts the case that Mars once hosted conditions that ...

Mars orbiter watches Perseverance rover cross the marathon finish line | Space photo of the day for June 29...

With the speed at which the rover completed this marathon, and how well it continues to explore on Mars, who knows, maybe ...
C&EN

Ancient Martian rocks preserve complex organic carbon

Scientists using NASA's Perseverance rover have detected complex organic carbon in rocks from Jezero Crater, adding to ...
Space.com

Watch this bio-inspired Mars rover concept 'swim' through sand on curved wheels (video)

The sandfish locomotion idea has been adopted from Scincus scincus, a lizard found in the Sahara desert. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...
Popular Science

New Mars rover could swim through sand like a desert lizard

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Phys.org

Innovative Mars rovers 'swim' through the sand

Some animals can move efficiently beneath granular surfaces. These include the sandfish (Scincus scincus), a lizard native to the Sahara. It can burrow into the sand and then literally "swim" through ...
Space.com

NASA's Perseverance rover is positively glowing in its new selfie on Mars

The Perseverance Mars rover poses against a dramatic backdrop of ancient Martian terrain in a new selfie. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...
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Perseverance rover uncovers the role of water in Mars's mineral past

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 ...
Popular Science

Mars rover snaps a selfie near skyscraper-sized boulders

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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Got Its Drill Stuck on a Rock. Here’s How They Freed It

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 ...