“You look at a project to build a Mars rover that can cross Martian terrain and pick up objects, and for college students—especially college freshmen—the task seems impossible” said Sam Dare, a ...

While it must be incredibly exciting for engineers to be given the task of designing, building, and testing a rover destined for another celestial body, imagine the disappointment if those plans ...

Three small NASA rovers that will explore the lunar surface as a team have been packed up and shipped from the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, marking completion of the ...

Mars rover engineers are using a testing laboratory to simulate specific Mars surface conditions where NASA’s rover Opportunity has spun its wheels in a small dune. Careful testing is preceding any ...

NASA has narrowed the target for its most advanced Mars rover, Curiosity, which will land on the Red Planet in August. The car-sized rover will arrive closer to its ultimate destination for science ...

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