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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The mission team performed a crucial weight-balancing test on the rover in preparation for this summer’s history-making launch to the Red Planet. With 13 weeks to go before the launch period of NASA’s ...

As NASA's Perseverance rover counts down the weeks until its trip to Mars this summer, the space agency is putting it to the test, to make sure it can have a safe landing on the Red Planet. NASA ...