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The set’s large, main futuristic rover with its rocker suspension, four-wheel steering, deployable solar panels, and rotating arm is not based on any specific vehicle Lunar Outpost is building now, but was inspired by the company’s plans. More to come “We have five lunar surface missions in total booked. One of the upcoming ones is really cool. It’s with the …

NASA’s exploration missions have recently come under scrutiny due to a potential error in how the physics of lunar and Martian surfaces are understood. While working on NASA’s VIPER mission, a team noticed a significant discrepancy in the way the lunar and Martian soil dynamics were modeled during rover testing. This miscalculation may have contributed to past issues, such as …

Landing on another body in the Solar System is a tough business. Despite many successful touchdowns throughout history, spacecraft sent to land on the lunar surface still regularly fail in the final moments. Meanwhile on Mars, the Spirit rover sent by NASA became stuck in the planet’s soft sand after its wheels broke through a crust. A new study suggests …

On July 15, 2025, NASA’s Curiosity Rover continued its investigation of Mars with a mix of scientific observations and geological analyses. As part of the Mars Science Laboratory Mission, Curiosity continues to explore the Red Planet’s surface with methods designed to unlock Mars’ secrets—one sol at a time. This blog post provides an inside look at the challenges and precision …

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is to cut up to 500 management jobs in the UK, as the carmaker faces pressure on sales and profits from US trade tariffs. JLR said it would launch a voluntary redundancy scheme, and that the cuts were not expected to exceed 1.5% of its British workforce. The firm described the move as “normal business practice”. …

NASA’s Perseverance rover has officially set a new milestone on Mars, completing the longest road trip by any robot vehicle on another planet. On June 19, 2025, the six-wheeled explorer rolled a remarkable 411 meters (over a quarter mile) across the Martian surface. While this might seem like a modest distance, it marks a significant achievement compared to previous rovers …

Perseverance is hitting the ‘open road’ on Mars like no other rover. On June 19, the six-wheeled explorer officially completed the longest road trip of any robot vehicle on another planet. In a single drive, the rover rolled over 411 meters of Mars‘ rocky surface (more than a quarter mile). Related: Perseverance Found a Zebra-Striped Rock on Mars, And NASA …

NASA’s Opportunity rover, one of the most successful interplanetary missions in history, came to a dramatic and poignant end in 2019, after 15 years of groundbreaking exploration on Mars. The rover’s final transmission was sent amidst a planet-wide dust storm that left scientists and engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) holding onto hope until the very last moment. In …

Thanks to NASA’s steadfast commitment to blasting robots into space, we now get regular images from another planet beamed back down to Earth. The current generation of Mars rovers began their adventures – finding strange rocks and potentially getting caught up in the center of electrified dust devils, among other important planetary research – in 2012 and 2021. But before …