mars rovers
Humanity Is Sending 3 New Rovers to Mars in 2020 to Look for Signs of Life
The space agencies of the US, Europe, Russia, and China are all launching rovers to Mars next year.
NASA Releases Opportunity Rover’s Final Panoramic View of Mars
Opportunity spent its final months building this panorama of its location, which is now its gravesite.
A Rover Named After DNA Pioneer Rosalind Franklin is Headed for Mars in 2020
“This name reminds us that it is in the human genes to explore.”
An Image Processing Trick Shows Mars in Unprecedented Detail
Researchers bring features on the Martian surface into sharper focus—including what looks like the long-lost Beagle 2 lander.
Watch a Mars Rover Practice Its First Steps
The European Space Agency says this will be the "second most stressful moment" of the ExoMars 2018 mission.
Short Circuit Puts the Curiosity Rover's Fate in Question
Curiosity will be out of commission for several days after an electrical glitch.
Why NASA Has 13 Spacecraft Watching a Single Comet This Weekend
Comet C/2013 A1, also known as comet Siding Spring, will pass about 87,000 miles from Mars, and a whole fleet of spacecraft and rovers have been lined up to image it.
The Time NASA Lost a Mars Orbiter Because of a Metric System Mixup
Using the metric system onboard a spacecraft and imperial on the ground can have disastrous consequences.
A Giant, Red Planet-Inspired Sandpit Will Test Europe's First Mars Rover
ExoMars needs to learn to navigate in Mars-like conditions before its 2018 mission.
The Mars Rovers Are Pretty Good Photographers
A chat with geologist John Grant, curator of a new space photo exhibition at the Smithsonian.