NASA narrows down Mars 2020 rover name to 9 finalists
In case you haven’t been paying much attention to NASA’s plans for 2020, let me get you up to speed on what is probably the …
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Here’s what a NASA Moon lander might look like
NASA wants to send humans back to the Moon, and it hopes to achieve that goal by 2024. Whether or not such a mission is …
NASA’s adorable underwater rover might be the first to discover alien life
NASA is about to put a rover to the test in Antarctica, and it’s unlike any robot the agency has ever shot into space. A …
Japan’s asteroid probe just fired a rover at space rock Ryugu
The Hayabusa2 probe arrived at the space rock known as Ryugu in June of last year. It was launched by Japan’s space agency JAXA, and …
China releases new images of a bizarre substance found in a Moon crater
Earlier this month, the Chinese space agency revealed that the Yutu-2 rover it sent to the far side of the Moon months back found something …
Time is running out to send your name to Mars on the 2020 rover
If there’s one thing you can say about NASA it’s that the space agency really does do its best to make its projects accessible to …
Watch NASA scientists pretend the Australian Outback is Mars
Next year is going to be a pretty big deal for scientists studying Mars, with both NASA’s Mars 2020 mission and the ExoMars rover mission …
Europe’s new Mars rover has alien-hunting eyes
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is inching toward its eventual launch in July of next year, but it’s not the only rover that has an upcoming …
NASA went to Iceland and pretended it was Mars
The scheduled launch date of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is rapidly approaching, and with less than a year to go, it’s truly crunch time for …
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover just had an eye exam
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover is now less than one year away from finally being shot skyward toward the Red Planet, and NASA engineers are hard …
NASA’s Curiosity rover is celebrating seven incredible years on Mars
Earlier this year, NASA was forced to finally say goodbye to the trust Opportunity rover. It was a sad time for the space agency since …
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover is already getting a workout without leaving Earth
When NASA’s Mars 2020 mission finally gets underway about a year from now it’ll have been a long time coming. The mission has been in …
We’re now exactly one year away from NASA’s Mars 2020 launch
This month is a very special one for the folks at NASA. The space agency is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon …
NASA takes a nostalgic look back at its very first Mars rover
Today, NASA’s Curiosity rover spends its days exploring the Martian landscape and eagerly awaiting the arrival of its newest sibling, the Mars 2020 rover, which …
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover just got shiny new feet
A rover without its wheels can’t do much roving at all, so the recent addition of fancy new wheels to the Mars 2020 rover is …
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover finally has its head
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission will be its most ambitious trip to the Red Planet yet. The Mars 2020 rover is absolutely packed with the latest …
NASA’s Curiosity just stumbled upon evidence of an ancient Martian lake
NASA’s Curiosity rover is providing critical insights into what Mars may have been like long ago, and one of its latest discoveries helps support the …
NASA sent a helicopter on a nosedive to test Mars landing hardware
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission could teach us some incredible new things about our planetary neighbor, and even provide us with valuable insights that will shape …
NASA will send your name to the Red Planet on the Mars 2020 rover
Mars 2020 is shaping up nicely, with NASA recently revealing that its rover-hauling spacecraft is essentially complete and currently undergoing testing well ahead of its …
NASA put the electronic brains of the Mars 2020 rover through a torture test
Building a robotic vehicle that will eventually travel to another planet is a complicated undertaking. With just one NASA rover, Curiosity, currently roaming around on …
This is the last gorgeous Mars panorama that Opportunity captured before it died
NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover is dead, having been swallowed up and spat out by a colossal dust storm on the planet last year. We’ve said …
China’s lunar rover is awake again after an extended nap
China’s space program is making big waves as of late, and its soft landing on the far side of the Moon earlier this year — …
NASA’s Curiosity rover is back to work after bizarre glitch
NASA has had an interesting start to 2019 when it comes to its Mars rovers. Just days after having to declare the Opportunity rover dead …
NASA’s Curiosity rover entered ‘safe mode’ on Mars, but nobody knows why
You know that feeling you get when a piece of technology just isn’t working like it should, but you can’t find the cause? Whether it’s …
NASA’s Opportunity rover is probably dead
Many of NASA’s missions to explore and learn more about Mars have vastly exceeded expectations, and the Opportunity rover has long been its poster child. …
Curiosity snaps a selfie before heading off to new adventures
NASA may be on the edge of its seat as it waits to see if its aging Opportunity rover will wake back up from its …
NASA is sending a desperate message to wake up Opportunity on Mars
Just last week NASA celebrated the beginning of the Opportunity rover’s 16th year on the Martian surface, but all is not well with the six-wheeled …
NASA’s Opportunity rover enters its 16th year on Mars, but it’s still dead quiet
Today, NASA is celebrating the monumental achievements of the Opportunity rover as it tallies a full 15 years on the planet Mars. The rover landed …
China declares its Moon landing a success as it releases photos of the far side of the Moon
China has plenty of reason to celebrate here in early 2019, and not just because it’s a new year. The country’s space agency, CNSA, successfully …
NASA’s one last hope for reviving the Opportunity rover may rest with Mars itself
With NASA’s Hubble and Chandra spacecraft both choosing the same week to malfunction, it’s obviously been a trying time for space agency engineers who are …
