Years of scouring the surface of a rugged landscape like Mars can take a toll on any vehicle – even one like NASA's Curiosity rover specifically designed for the harsh conditions. Since launching from ...
This series of images shows NASA's Curiosity Mars rover as it got a rock stuck to the drill on the end of its robotic arm, and—after waving the arm and running the drill a few times—finally detached ...
NASA’s Curiosity rover had an unexpectedly stubborn Mars souvenir after drilling into a rock nicknamed “Atacama” — the entire chunk ripped loose from the ground and stayed stuck to the rover’s drill.
NASA's Curiosity rover has been exploring Mars for 14 years. See a new timelapse showing six years of wear and tear on its ...
NASA’s Curiosity rover is investigating strange spiderweb-like ridges on Mars that may reveal a hidden chapter of the planet’s watery history. These “boxwork” formations likely formed when groundwater ...
Joe is a freelance journalist. It all started with a long-running affection for building his own PCs, which he did for the first time as a teenager. It evolved into a lifelong enjoyment of putting ...
The scientists operating NASA's Curiosity rover are breathing a sigh of relief after successfully removing a troublesome rock that got stuck on the end of the Mars rover's robotic arm for nearly a ...
Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find. Nearly a year ago, the car-sized robot – one of two NASA rovers roaming the red ...
Two robots on opposite sides of Mars have each turned a slow, patient circle and photographed everything around them, producing a matched pair of 360-degree panoramas separated by 2,345 miles of ...