A new technology lets NASA’s Mars rover pinpoint its position within inches, drive farther on its own, and speed up exploration.

NASA’s Perseverance rover just took a historic leap for interplanetary exploration. The rover successfully navigated the rugged, wheel-shredding terrain of Jezero Crater using routes planned entirely ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has just done something no Mars robot has attempted before: follow a route that was planned not by human drivers on Earth, but by an artificial intelligence model. Instead of ...

The success of any vehicle sent to explore an alien planet still relies heavily on human minds to plan everything, from mission scenarios to the routes rovers must take to reach their destination. But ...

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Since 2021, NASA's Perseverance rover has achieved a number of historic milestones, including sending back the first audio recordings from Mars. Now, nearly five years after landing on the Red Planet, ...

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter just captured its first image of the Curiosity rover driving along the red planet’s surface. The 2,000-pound Mars rover is shown as a dark speck in the bottom center ...