The same historic facilities that some 50 years ago prepared NASA's twin Voyager probes for their ongoing interstellar ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is once again playing a pivotal role in preparing spacecraft for the harsh realities ...

Conditions on the Moon will be harsher, but prototype NASA robotic vehicles braved sand storms and unprecedented temperature swings this month on sand dunes near Moses Lake, Washington, to prepare for ...

To develop more robust next-generation aerial explorers, NASA's Mars Exploration program is turning to drones.

When NASA engineers want to test a concept for exploring the Red Planet, they have to find ways to create Mars-like conditions here on Earth. Then they test, tinker, and repeat.

So Nasa has been testing new drone technology in a part of the Death Valley National Park, in California, USA. The area, ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is testing drone navigation software in Death Valley to prepare future rotorcraft for Mars’ ...