American space agency NASA is looking into nickel-titanium as a potential material for future planetary rovers wheels, ...

A world-leading designer of space robots says gigantic new rockets being tested by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are ...

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...

The next Mars rovers may traverse the Red Planet with futuristic tires. NASA 's Glenn Research Center released imagery and footage from testing of a novel tire, called a shape memory alloy spring tire ...

Any vehicle traversing the rocky terrain on Mars needs a sturdy set of wheels. NASA’s Perseverance rover, for example, sports ...

During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said he wants 'American astronauts' on Mars. Where does a future Mars ...

Shape memory alloys are metals that can return to their original shape after being bent, stretched, heated, and cooled.

The mystique of Mars has been studied for centuries. The fourth planet from the sun is reminiscent of a rich, red desert and ...

Mars' southern hemisphere absorbs a lot of the sun's energy during the Red Planet's spring, and that may be causing Mars' ...

Earth’s nearest neighbors will be on display in the night sky and inside the Cincinnati Observatory during Nearest Neighbors Night on Saturday, February 1. This event will focus on the three celestial ...

Meanwhile, the Perseverance rover that collected the ... missions have returned samples from the moon and space rocks like asteroids, a successful Mars mission would mark the first time that ...

While robotic missions have returned samples from the moon and space rocks like asteroids ... including whether life ever thrived. "NASA’s rovers are enduring Mars’ harsh environment to ...