New footage shows NASA's Curiosity rover tilting, rotating and vibrating its robotic arm as mission scientists tried to remove a rock, dubbed Atacama, that became stuck on a drill for six days.

While drilling has fractured rocks, this is the first time the instrument has ever accidentally pulled a whole chunk from the ground, according to the space agency ...

While it has enabled many exciting discoveries, the Curiosity rover has also encountered its share of setbacks. The latest left NASA engineers speechless. On April 25, the Mars rover drilled into a ...

Acquisition brings Mars heritage for complex planetary missions, as well as precision mechanisms essential for ...

NASA's next Mars rover finally has a name. Perseverance, a six-wheeled robotic explorer, will blast off this summer to collect Martian samples for eventual return to Earth. The name was suggested by ...

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