Tagged: Mars rover

NASA’s Curiosity rover just celebrated its 3,000th day on Mars by taking a remarkable picture of the Red Planet. The rover, which landed on the Martian surface on Aug. 6, 2012, took the image of the Gale Crater, including Mount Sharp, the massive mountain located...

NASA announced that it will delay the launch of its next Mars rover a few days, citing repair issues. The Perseverance rover, which will look to see if there are any signs that life may have existed on the Red Planet, will now launch on...

During its wheeled treks on the Red Planet, NASA’s Spirit rover may have encountered a potential signature of past life on Mars, report scientists at Arizona State University (ASU). To help make their case, the researchers have contrasted Spirit’s study of “Home Plate” — a...

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity just drilled into a Red Planet rock for the first time in more than a year. Curiosity bored a hole about 0.5 inches (1.3 centimeters) deep into a target rock on Monday (Feb. 26), during the trial run of a new,...