NASA is stress-testing new Mars exploration tech in Earth's harshest deserts, revealing surprising insights into how future ...

NASA funds new software to enhance drone navigation over featureless Martian terrain. This initiative supports autonomous ...

NASA's Perseverance rover's Mastcam-Z camera captured the Ingenuity helicopter's 47th Mars flight. Credit: Space.com | ...

NASA’s first Mars helicopter turned a risky experiment into a new way of exploring another world, and now its successors are ...

The U.S. has entered a new era of competition with China in space -- one that lawmakers said will shape global power, ...

Acoustic signals have been important markers during NASA's Mars missions. Measurements of sound can provide information both ...

Brian Jackson (Physics) interacts with imagery from NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter at “Valinor Hills” (acquired by the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover on Feb. 21, 2024) in the Stein Luminary, for ...

NASA has sent over three drones for a test in California's Death Valley, and it aims to solve the issues of Ingenuity for a ...

After reaching Mars with the Perseverance rover in early 2021, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter proved a huge success as it ...

The team had to endure temperatures that reached a maximum of around 113 degrees Fahrenheit, with only a small pop-up tent to shield them from the intense sun and heat. While NASA has used Death ...

When NASA engineers want to test a concept for exploring the Red Planet, they have to find ways to create Mars-like ...

NASA is testing next-generation Mars drone tech in a place a lot like the Red Planet - California’s Mojave Desert in Death ...