Missouri S&T senior Chase Stem, seeking an aerospace engineering degree, is a product of nominative determinism — like a doctor with the last name "Hurts," his name provided an early indication of his ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover, a $2.7 billion mission, faced a significant challenge when it nearly lost a critical tool during its operations on Mars. This incident, recently reported, highlights the ...

Since it landed on Mars on February 18, 2021, NASA has kept its Perseverance rover busy gathering data and collecting important samples across various regions of the Red Planet. The agency recently ...

Unlike on Earth there aren’t dozens of satellites whizzing around Mars to provide satellite navigation functionality. Recently NASA’s JPL engineers tried something with the Perseverance Mars rover ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover recently captured a sweeping panorama of Mars’ Gale Crater under exceptionally favorable viewing conditions, offering one of the clearest looks yet at the vast Martian basin.

Like most other rovers sent to alien worlds, the Perseverance was built to last. Although it was technically designed to conduct its core mission – finding signs of ancient life – in one Martian year ...