NASA’s ERNEST rover climbs tough terrain, drives faster, and uses AI to prepare for future Moon and Mars missions.

NASA's new rover prototype could inform the next-generation robotic vehicle that explore the moon and Mars. Here's everything ...

NASA's new prototype rover ERNEST is made to test technologies for moon and mars exploration.

When NASA's newest rover, Curiosity, reaches Mars in about three weeks, it will not be the first to set its wheels on the Red Planet, but it will be the largest and most advanced robotic explorer that ...

Today's Mars rovers typically drive at about 500 to 1,000 feet per hour — roughly the length of one to three football fields ...

The sandfish lizard moves very efficiently through the sands of the Sahara desert, and not surprisingly, it doesn't use ...

The Exploration Rover for Navigating Extreme Sloped Terrain (ERNEST) test rover has been put through its paces with great ...

Evidence of ancient life on Mars, if any such evidence exists, might be detectable at shallower depths below the planet's surface than has been thought, a new study says – which would improve the ...

Data from NASA’s Perseverance rover confirms the presence of macromolecular carbon on Mars – another potential piece of the ...

A map of the Perseverance Mars rover marathon – credit, NASA. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover just completed a special ...