NASA's Perseverance rover can now pinpoint its exact location on Mars without help from Earth, paving the way for longer, ...

Across two days, the rover drove 456 meters without human control ...

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Think self-driving cars are impressive? Try a self-driving rover on a planet over a hundred million miles away. On Wednesday, NASA announced that its Mars Perseverance rover had pulled off a stunning ...

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Two of NASA's giants of cosmic discovery have been named among the best inventions of the past quarter-century – at least, according to Time magazine. The media company recently assembled a list of ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has been exploring the surface of Mars since it landed there in spectacular fashion nearly five years ago. In that time, NASA’s most advanced rover to date, which is about ...

Lighting conditions around Shackleton Crater captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University NASA is looking into the adoption of light detection and ranging ...

Moon dust is not a poetic flourish, it is a mission risk that can grind through metal, clog joints, and threaten astronaut lungs. As NASA prepares to send crews back to the lunar surface for longer ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has demonstrated that the six-wheeled “Percy” Perseverance Mars rover has the durability to operate until at least 2031 and trek on for at least another 37 mi.

The Curiosity rover was recognized for its decade-plus of exploration on Mars, searching for signs of past life. The James Webb Space Telescope was honored for being a technological marvel that allows ...