Using carefully selected terrestrial rocks, engineers try to figure out how to work with crumbly rocks like the one the rover encountered on its first sampling attempt. Using carefully selected ...

Did you know NASA’s next Mars rover has a nearly identical sibling on Earth for testing? Even better, it’s about to roll for the first time through a replica Martian landscape. As NASA’s Mars rover ...

NASA is about to lock in a verdict on how long its Perseverance rover can keep working on Mars, and the answer will shape the next decade of planetary exploration. Engineers have spent the past year ...