Curiosity Photographs a ‘Sea of Polygons’ on Mars
While NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover routinely finds interesting-looking rocks, including ones that looked like dragon scales just a…
In Photos: NASA Tests its Next Mars and Moon Rover in a California Desert
While NASA’s Perseverance and Curiosity rovers continue to do incredible work on Mars, NASA is in advanced testing…
NASA’s new prototype rover navigates 16-miles in extreme terrain
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has developed a 4-foot-long, four-wheeled prototype designed for high-speed, long-distance autonomous exploration on…
Planetary Exploration 3.0: A Roadmap for Software-Defined, Radically Adaptive Space Systems
Planetary exploration is characterized by unknowns, which are both the primary reason and challenge for exploration. (a) The…
There’s an Even Larger Hole in the Wheel of NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover
The Mars Hand Lens Imager, a camera at the end of a robotic arm, took this photo on…
Build Your Own Mars Astrobiology Rover
the NASA Mars Perseverance Rover by CircuitMess Editor’s note: NASA currently has two droids at work on Mars:…
Was there ever a Yellowstone on Mars?
Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This…