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Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory performed tests on rocks such as this one to understand why the first...
A selfie taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on Sol 2291 (January 15) at the "Rock Hall" drill site, located on...
This image taken by NASA's Perseverance rover on August 6, 2021, shows the hole drilled in a Martian rock in...
Using a cordless power drill, RoboSimian cuts a hole into a panel of drywall to complete one of the tasks in the...
Gray cuttings from Curiosity drilling into a target called Mojave 2 are visible surrounding the sample-collection...
NASA Curiosity Mars rover provided this nighttime view of a hole produced by the rover drill and, inside the hole, a...
This self-portrait of NASA Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the Mojave site, where its drill collected the...
It was a test -- only a test. Rescue teams at NASA's Kennedy Space Center recently practiced their readiness by...
Engineers working with NASA's Perseverance Mars rover set up this test area at the agency's Jet Propulsion...
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie on May 12, 2019 (the 2,405th Martian day, or sol, of the mission). To...
This graphic maps locations of the sites where NASA's Curiosity Mars rover collected its first 18 rock or soil...
This view from the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on the mast of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows rocky ground within...
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed "Mary Anning" after a 19th century English...
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover examined a mudstone outcrop area called "Pahrump Hills" on lower Mount Sharp, in 2014...
NASA's Curiosity rover took this selfie on Oct. 11, 2019, the 2,553rd Martian day, or sol, of its mission. The rover...
ULTRACAPACITOR POWERED DRILL
On March 28, 2024 NASA held its 2023 Administrator’s Agency Honor Awards at the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland,...
On March 28, 2024 NASA held its 2023 Administrator’s Agency Honor Awards at the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland,...
On March 28, 2024 NASA held its 2023 Administrator’s Agency Honor Awards at the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland,...
Silent animations of the VIPER rover for use by the media and others. About the size of a golf cart, the Volatiles...
SpaceX Crew-1 NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, left, and Victor Glover, right, speak with the U.S. Air Force Honor...
SpaceX Crew-1 NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins speaks with the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team at Joint Base...
The pale rocks in the foreground of this Aug. 14, 2014, image from NASA Curiosity Mars rover include the Bonanza...
This self-portrait of NASA Mars rover Curiosity combines dozens of exposures to show gray-powder and two holes where...