Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SpaceX founder Elon Musk announced Friday that the company's massive Starship rocket is set to depart for Mars at the end of 2026, ...

Exploration beyond Earth has always been a slow, methodical process, with rovers carefully navigating harsh, uncharted terrains on Mars and the Moon. These missions, guided by scientists on Earth, are ...

The rovers are the size of a school bus, Mostafa Hassanalian told Space.com. That’s why they can’t get in, she said. This is ...

You can't joystick a robot on Mars in real time. Radio signals from Earth take up to 22 minutes to arrive. This simple fact has stalled space construction for decades. The dream of building in space ...

USC engineering students were part of the team that developed and trained the robot. (Teo Gonzales / Daily Trojan file photo) In April 2009, a NASA rover was exploring the surface of Mars when it rode ...

The Mars rover Curiosity has a busy schedule ahead of it for its second full day on the Red Planet. Curiosity is a car-size, $2.5 billion rover designed to investigate whether Mars was ever habitable ...

Engineers are increasingly turning to the concept of "biomimicry" for the next generation of Mars robots.

Mars enthusiasts underwhelmed by some of the first dusty images of the planet to be beamed back to Earth by the Curiosity rover that landed there on Sunday were reassured by NASA Tuesday that more ...

A NASA robot has taken a 'selfie' on the surface of Mars as the space agency continues to gather detail on the Red Planet in preparation for a first-ever manned mission ...

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and has a distinct rusty red appearance and two unusual moons. The Red Planet is a ...