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

NASA, through its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), is testing a new class of experimental rover technology that could reshape ...

On a bleak stretch of the Colorado Desert in Southern California, a compact four-wheeled rover recently trundled 16 miles (26 ...

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

ERNEST, short for Exploration Rover for Navigating Extreme Sloped Terrain, is a small prototype rover built to be more ...

Billions of years ago, environmental conditions on Mars were significantly more hospitable than they are today. Our ...

JPL's ERNEST rover covered 16 miles in 37 hours of driving during desert testing, using active suspension and reinforcement learning to navigate terrain.

When the Perseverance rover arrived on Mars nearly five years ago, NASA officials thought the next American lander to take aim on the red planet would be taking shape by now. At the time, the leaders ...

A prototype rover built with a new design for tackling rugged terrain is helping teams refine capabilities that could one day ...