Let's face it: Unless you've got $500,000 to spare and can wait a few years, you're probably not going to be landing on Mars anytime soon. The best you can manage for now is to follow the exploits of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Canal Fulton native Tim Schlernitzauer holds a copy of the specialized bearings that he helped design for the landing gear of the ...

At 1:31 a.m. ET on August 6, 2012, NASA’s Curiosity rover made a spectacular landing on the surface of Mars. To mark the 12th anniversary, NASA has shared a video (below) in which members of the ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover accidentally crushed a rock while driving through Gediz Vallis on Mars on May 30, 2024, exposing ...

An image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured the Curiosity rover still connected to its 51-foot (almost 16 ...

At 10:31 p.m. PDT on April 27 NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory, carrying the one-ton Curiosity rover, was within 100 days from its appointment with the Martian surface. At that moment, the mission had ...

Twelve years ago, NASA landed its six-wheeled science lab using a daring new technology that lowers the rover using a robotic jetpack. NASA's Curiosity rover mission is celebrating a dozen years on ...

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity marks a full week on the Red Planet today (Aug. 13), and it's celebrating with a little rest and relaxation. The 1-ton rover began beaming home photos and testing out its ...

Imagine trying to land an SUV-sized rover on another world. That's definitely enough of a challenge on its own, but picture doing so while the rover hangs perilously beneath a hovering sky crane, ...

The Mars Rover Curiousity landing will be going downs soon, but before it does, take the opportunity to get familiar with the step by step process of how it’s supposed to happen. This animation from ...