NASA’s next Mars rover has passed its first driving test. A preliminary assessment of its activities on Dec. 17, 2019, found that the rover checked all the necessary boxes as it rolled forward and ...

In this picture from Sept. 28, 2019, engineers and technicians working on the assembly and testing of the Mars 2020 spacecraft look on as a crane lifts the rocket-powered descent stage away from the ...

Even amid COVID-19, NASA’s Mars 2020 rover is ready for takeoff Building a Mars rover is already hard. Building one during a pandemic is even harder.

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. NASA's ...

This video explores NASA's successful transportation of their latest rover to Mars in 2020, highlighting the process and technology involved. Erin Patterson found guilty of murder over death cap ...

A graphic showing the European Space Agency's Mars Express Orbiter flying above Mars. Credit: ESA / ATG medialab // Mars: ESA / DLR / FU Berlin What an extraterrestrial view. The long-lived Mars ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS made its closest pass of Mars on Oct. 3, and Europe’s Red Planet spacecraft were ready for it.