The adverse environment is challenging for humans to land on and explore. This is where a Mars rover comes in handy. The Zhurong Mars rover is named after the mythological fire deity Zhurong and ...

Back in 2007, I talked with Rob Manning, engineer extraordinaire at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and he told me something shocking. Even though he had successfully led the entry, descent, and ...

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Perseverance and Curiosity rovers have been roaming Mars for years, exploring different parts of the Red Planet hundreds of miles apart. Over the past few months ...

Held at the Riversands I-Hub venue in Fourways on October 26, 11 teams were invited to present their rovers’ readiness to circumnavigate the terrains of Mars. Read more: Bryanston resident ...

"The findings not only provide further evidence to support the theory of a Martian ocean but also present, for the first time, a discussion on its probable evolutionary scenario." Happy Martian ...

Today marks the start of a new year on the Red Planet, the 38th since humans began counting in 1956. The Martian new year begins with data from a now-defunct rover spotting what appears to be an ...

"Mars didn't want to make it easy for anyone to get to the top of this ridge." NASA's Perseverance rover took a break from its Mars mountaineering expedition recently to survey its old stomping ...

Advert Its job was to screen areas of the Red Planet that the Perseverance rover couldn't physically reach ... “Perseverance ...

Mars and its tantalizing mysteries have spurred many space missions, each one revealing something new and compelling. NASA’s Perseverance rover has been a prolific source of remarkable discoveries ...

Watch Mars rover 'Perseverance' glances back at its tracks as it climbs Jezero Crater While climbing Mar's Jezero Crater, NASA's rover snapped images of the tracks it left after some wheel ...

As Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, passed in front of the sun, it cast a lumpy, potato-shaped shadow on the sun’s face as well as on the Martian surface. The Perseverance rover, currently ...