A massive Martian dust storm knocked out communication with NASA’s Opportunity rover in early June, and now, as the dust settles and the rover remains unresponsive, NASA is forced to reconsider the ...

With the help of his space company’s gigantic Starship rocket, the mercurial entrepreneur wants to ensure the “long-term survival of consciousness” by ferrying a million settlers to permanent ...

After reaching Mars with the Perseverance rover in early 2021, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter proved a huge success as it exceeded expectations with an astonishing 72 flights across the Martian surface.

NASA has sent over three drones to the famed Death Valley in California for a team to test the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in extreme conditions. The space agency launched this test in hopes of ...

NASA is testing next-generation Mars drone tech in a place a lot like the Red Planet - California’s Mojave Desert in Death Valley National Park. They flew three research drones over the barren, ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Living in today’s age of ambitious robotic ...

After 15 years and a journey of over 140 million miles, NASA said Wednesday that the Cornell-led Opportunity Rover had reached its final resting place: a dusty, frigid valley on Mars. From its Jet ...