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Spirit’s landing on Mars wasn’t powered by rockets—it bounced! Discover why NASA wrapped its rover in giant airbags for one ...
Thirteen years after Curiosity landed on Mars, engineers are finding ways to make the NASA rover even more productive. The ...
Electrons released when cosmic rays strike water-ice can provide energy for microbes and facilitate the formation of complex ...
The aerospace giant says it can revive Mars Sample Return with a leaner, lower-cost approach drawing on proven designs.
A deceptive difference having to do with Earth's and Mars's gravity may be the reason why NASA's rovers get stuck in the ...
A blue plaque has been unveiled in Plymouth for an explorer and scientist honoured by NASA on Mars. Ralph Alger Bagnold's ...
NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose material that could hold clues to the planet's ancient environment and ...
Perseverance has uncovered unusual, basalt-rich Martian spherules that likely formed in violent explosions—either from meteors or lava.