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.

Shape memory alloys are metals that can return to their original shape after being bent, stretched, heated, and cooled.

Next time you're driving around on Mars and need to get your tire replaced, chances are good it'll look something like a revolutionary new version made by NASA and Goodyear. The mesh cage design can ...

In a letter addressed to the next NASA administrator—who, if Trump’s nomination is confirmed, will be Shift4 CEO and SpaceX ally Jared Isaacman—Nelson highlighted the space agency’s work during his ...

Nuclear thermal propulsion fuel could reduce the travel time for missions to Mars from six months to just 45 days.

Janet Petro has been appointed as acting Nasa administrator, being the first woman to lead the agency. She expressed ...

NASA’s 1st woman acting administrator, Janet Petro, is leading the charge in space exploration. Learn how her career ...

NASA JPL is readying for, clockwise from lower right, the launches of CADRE (its engineering models are seen here), Lunar Trailblazer, NISAR (seen in ...

Leadership changes are happening at NASA as a new administration takes over with promises that making it to Mars is a priority. Janet Petro, the director of the Kennedy Space Center, is now the acting ...

Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars. I will ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Today’s 3 Brilliant Minutes is out of this world -- and out of this galaxy! A European Space Agency probe gives us new pictures of Mercury, the planet closest to the sun. Brad ...

The data used to create the image is from a Hubble Space Telescope project to capture and map Jupiter's superstorm system.