Mars Exploration Rover

NASA may send a backup, nuclear-powered Mars Rover to Moon

NASA considers sending a spare Mars rover to the moon to rev up preparations for lunar base

NASA is considering repurposing an engineering development version of the nuclear-powered Mars rovers for a different destination: the moon’s south polar region.

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NASA could send a nuclear-powered Mars rover built for Earth to the lunar surface

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NASA may send a backup, nuclear-powered Mars rover to the Moon

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NASA will announce moon base news today: Watch it live

NASA chief Jared Isaacman will talk about "the next set of awards for new lunar lander missions and preview upcoming opportunities."

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'PROMISE' me the moon? NASA wants to send spare nuclear-powered Mars rover to the lunar surface

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NASA will conduct daring rescue mission to reposition telescope sinking into Earth's atmosphere

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NASA hopes its new ERNEST rover will change how we explore the Moon and Mars

NASA’s ERNEST rover climbs tough terrain, drives faster, and uses AI to prepare for future Moon and Mars missions.

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Mars Rover Called ERNEST Has an Active Suspension System, Is 10 Times Faster Than the Perseverance

The Exploration Rover for Navigating Extreme Sloped Terrain (ERNEST) test rover has been put through its paces with great success.

NASA testing advanced capabilities for moon, Mars rovers

On a bleak stretch of the Colorado Desert in Southern California, a compact four-wheeled rover recently trundled 16 miles (26 kilometers) with minimal intervention from the team of engineers trailing it.

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Wind-Powered "Tumbleweed" Rovers for Mars Exploration

What innovative rovers can be developed to advance Mars surface exploration? This is what a recent study presented at the Joint Meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress and the Division for Planetary Sciences (EPSC-DPS) 2025 hopes to address as a team of ...