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NASA-Funded LASSIE Robot Dog Shows Autonomous Field Skills in White Sands Trials

The multi-university project validated legged sensing plus adaptive sampling for future Moon-to-Mars missions.

Mars Rover’s ‘Helmet’ Rock, Horneflya, Is Almost Entirely Made of Spherules

Curiosity Captures Coral-Like Mineral Pseudofossil in Gale Crater

Curiosity Rover Reveals Coral-Like Rock Paposo as Ancient Mineral Vein

Mars Express Uncovers Fault Lines and Ice Flows at Western Acheron Fossae

Curiosity Rover Leverages Enhanced Autonomy to Probe Mars Boxwork Ridges

Cosmic Rays Can Sustain Subsurface Life in New Radiolytic Habitable Zone

Curiosity Rover Uncovers Spiderweb-Like Boxwork Ridges Indicating Ancient Groundwater

NASA-Backed Synthetic Lichen Converts Martian Regolith Into Construction Material

Curiosity Rover’s Mars ‘Mushroom’ Revealed as Geological Formation

Mars Odyssey Captures First Horizon Panorama of Arsia Mons

SpaceX Eyes 2026 Uncrewed Mars Launch as It Scales Starship Production

SpaceX’s Ninth Starship Test Reaches Space, Ends in Explosion Over Indian Ocean

Starship Reaches Orbit but Disintegrates Over Indian Ocean in Ninth Test Flight

SpaceX to launch ninth Starship test flight with first reused Super Heavy booster

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Marks 1,500 Sols with Dust Devil-Photobombed Selfie

SpaceX's Latest Starlink Launch Expands Global Broadband Network

Seismic Data Unveils Subsurface Aquifer on Mars Matching Ancient Ocean Estimates

NASA Orbiter Captures Curiosity Rover in Motion for the First Time

NASA Orbiter Captures First Image of Curiosity Rover in Motion on Mars