Any vehicle traversing the rocky terrain on Mars needs a sturdy set of wheels. NASA’s Perseverance rover, for example, sports ...
Boise State physics professor Brian Jackson worked with NASA to get access to Ingenuity flight data. He used it to analyze ...
The next Mars rovers may traverse the Red Planet with futuristic tires. NASA 's Glenn Research Center released imagery and footage from testing of a novel tire, called a shape memory alloy spring tire ...
The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny, but left many of the specifics ...
General Atomic's new nuclear fuel was subjected to the maximum heat of a reactor for 20 minutes in the latest tests.
Shape memory alloys are metals that can return to their original shape after being bent, stretched, heated, and cooled.
The wheels of rovers wear out badly on Mars. NASA is testing new types of wheels made from a special alloy that are less susceptible to deformation.
A new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel has been successfully tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, ...
Nuclear propulsion could be the future of space travel and NASA and General Atomics just brought us one step closer.
An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captures stunning images of frozen sand dunes on Mars, revealing clues about the planet's ...
The mystique of Mars has been studied for centuries. The fourth planet from the sun is reminiscent of a rich, red desert and features a rugged surface challenging to traverse. While several robotic ...