A documentary about the journey of NASA's wildly successful Mars rover missions premieres this week at IMAX theaters nationwide. Alex Chadwick goes to a screening of Roving Mars and talks the ...

Artist's illustration of a six-wheeled rover on the surface of Mars, with a rock-studded reddish landscape in the background. Twenty years ago this month, twin spacecraft made dramatic planetary ...

Analysis of four years of acoustic recordings made by NASA's rover has allowed scientists to identify 55 episodes of ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The rover Opportunity may not be sleek like a brand new car, but it shows no signs of braking even after a decade on Mars. Scientists and engineers gathered at the NASA Jet ...

IMAX cameras are too heavy to heave to Mars, so Roving Mars is largely computer-animated. A souvenir T-shirt of the film could read: "My country paid $820 million for two robots to reach Mars, and all ...

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 ...

On its 4,500th sol (or Martian day), NASA's Mars rover Curiosity continued its climb of Mount Sharp (Aeolis Mons) at the center of Gale Crater. Before it can ascend higher, though, the six-wheeled ...

They’ve dealt with software glitches, a damaged and useless front wheel, and fierce dust storms that cut their electrical power production. Still, the two NASA Mars rovers continue to explore the Red ...

Firouz Naderi, a NASA official who oversaw the successful landing of two exploration rovers on Mars, a feat that vastly expanded human understanding of the Red Planet and made him a hero to fellow ...

The trailblazing Mars rovers covered marathon distances while making fresh discoveries. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Twenty ...