When NASA's Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin touched down on the moon 40 years ago, they had an extra special tool packed away on their lunar lander: a dune buggy-size rover that ...

NASA's Perseverance rover can drive autonomously on the red planet. The rover's enhanced AutoNav technology lets it take charge of its adventures. Perseverance is "thinking while driving" as its ...

NASA and Nissan just announced a five-year partnership in the development of a self-driving car that will not only tackle city streets but also alien planets. Most of the research will take place in ...

NASA has released the first-ever recording of a rover driving across the surface of Mars. Perseverance, which arrived on the Martian surface in February 2021 on a two-year mission to search for signs ...

NASA's Mars 2020 rover has successfully 'passed its driving test' in a major mission milestone that saw it move under its own weight ahead of its launch next year. The rover will leave for Mars in ...