A NASA Mars rover has a giant hole in 1 of its wheels
A NASA Mars rover has a giant hole in one of its wheels
The wheels on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover are falling apart, but the plucky rover keeps on rolling.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox
New NASA images reveal giant hole in Curiosity rover's wheel after 12 years of 'abuse' on Mars
Images captured by Curiosity's onboard cameras show several large tears in the tire of one of the rover's wheels. However, the damage does not appear to be slowing the roaming robot down.
NASA Mars Rover Spots Surprising ‘Zebra Rock’ Unlike Any Other
Scientists are puzzling over a strange dark and light striped Mars rock snapped by NASA's Perseverance rover. So far, its origins are unknown.
Mars rover spots strange rock that's got NASA 'excited'
The reason scientists want the rover to explore the rim in the first place is for its potential to be littered with ancient Martian bedrock rubble. Jezero Crater formed when something substantial smacked into Mars billions of years ago. The impact could have churned up and tossed deep materials to the surface.
Curiosity Mars rover's wheels are more battered than ever — but they still work
As fun as it would be to visit Mars, we wouldn't necessarily want to walk a mile in the Curiosity rover's shoes — or rather, its wheels. After landing in Mars' Gale Crater in 2012 and traveling some 20 miles (32 kilometers) over the rocky Martian landscape,
Scientists discover that sand on Mars and the Moon can be turned into building blocks for space settlements
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have found a way to convert Martian and lunar sand into solid bricks, which should aid ...
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NASA Wants to Grow Trippy Houses Made Out of Mushrooms on the Moon
Sweet Home Fungus When humans finally start establishing space colonies on the Moon and beyond, the first houses could ...
NASA finds bizarre striped zebra rock on Mars: ‘Sign of exciting discoveries to come’
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover discovered a strange black-and-white rock unlike anything seen on Mars before, stunning both ...
NASA's Perseverance rover found an unusual stone on Mars: Check out the 'zebra rock'
The black-and-white striped rock is unlike any seen on Mars before, NASA said this week in a news release.Start the day ...
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Could SpaceX and Elon Musk get people on Mars by 2028?
Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, recently boasted that he will land five uncrewed Starship rockets on the surface of Mars in 2026. If all of those landing attempts are successful, he intends to follow up ...
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NASA will use mushrooms to ‘grow homes’ on Mars and the Moon
Picture this: astronauts landing on Mars or the Moon, growing their own homes using mycelium bricks made of fungi. That's ...
Why NASA is excited about 'zebra rock' found on Mars
A mysterious black-and-white striped rock recently spotted on Mars is unlike any seen on the Red Planet before, which has ...
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Perseverance Found a Zebra-Striped Rock on Mars, And NASA Is Excited
In fact, this particular rock may even be one of a kind. It was discovered by NASA's Perseverance rover exploring the Jezero ...
Nuclear rockets could travel to Mars in half the time, but designing the reactors that would power them isn't easy
NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade—but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to ...