NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has discovered evidence of an ancient volcanic explosion at "Home Plate," a plateau of layered bedrock approximately 2 meters (6 feet) high within the "Inner Basin" of Columbia Hills, at the rover's landing site in Gusev Crater. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

On the surface, the ExoMars rover looks similar to NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers, with a six-wheeled design and outstretched solar wings. It also has a suite of scientific instruments designed to search for life on the surface of Mars. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

NASA's Opportunity rover has eyed an odd-shaped, dark rock on the surface of Mars — scientists think it could be a meteorite. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Maas Digital created this dramatic, scientifically accurate computer animation to illustrate NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission. A truly awesome feat of modern engineering! This whole process is mind boggling! picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

The plucky Mars rover Spirit has a whole team of NASA engineers on Earth trying to find an escape route out of the Martian sand dune that has snared the robot for weeks, and now it has a Web site. picked by kakana 5 months ago

New software is helping NASA find safe places for the Spirit rover to ride out future Martian winters - - and also plan where Spirit and its companion rover, Opportunity, will explore in the future. picked by Mershaullk 2 years ago

For six months the Opportunity Mars Rover has been trundling carefully through the dunes on its way to distant Endeavour Crater. Finally, the rover's camera has caught a glimpse on the horizon of the uplifted rim of it's next destination - although it is likely to take another two years to get there. picked by equinox 8 months ago

The new S1 mobile by Land Rover has been hailed as the world's strongest phone after it survived being dropped from a tall building, stood on by an elephant and roasted in an oven. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

The crater is about 60 metres deep, allowing a rover to "dig" deeper into the ground – and into Mars's past – than ever before. "We're going to see more of the history of Mars here than we've seen anywhere else," Squyres says. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, scheduled for launch in 2011, has a new name, thanks to a sixth-grade student from Kansas. Twelve-year-old Clara Ma* from the Sunflower Elementary school in Lenexa submitted the winning entry, "Curiosity."

*Her essay is quite nice. picked by bingo 6 months ago

Chinese scientists have shown off a prototype Moon rover that could lead to the country's first unmanned mission to the lunar surface in 2012. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has just begun its science mission, and one of the first targets is Victoria Crater, where the rover Opportunity has just arrived after nearly 1000 sols on Mars.

The photos, using the largest interplanetary telescope ever lofted, are truly amazing.

See comments for links to original imagery. picked by Fanatic 3 years ago

New Lunar Rover for their mission to colonize the Moon by 2020.

This thing looks bad ass. picked by muppetmaker 2 years ago

The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE, camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken a new color image of the feature dubbed "Home Plate" in Gusev Crater on Mars. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

When Piven was exiting club Hyde, he entered the wrong black Rover. The valet brought him the wrong car. He refused to tip the second valet for bringing him his silver Rover. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

The skull is 15 cm with binocular eyes 5 cm apart. The cranial capacity is approximately 1400 cc. There appears to be a narrow pointed small mouth, so this creature most likely is a carnivore. There appear to be several pits above the mouth that may be infrared sensors... picked by equinox 7 months ago

After testing dozens of individual moves, from simply rolling forwards and backwards to "crab-walking" sideways, engineers decided to throw the kitchen sink at the problem. picked by kakana 4 months ago

And in good news about us humans today... picked by Moe 2 years ago

When it comes to a fight between a dog and a cute little deer, you would expect there to be no contest.

And you'd be right. Rover limps home with his tail between his legs - and some nasty gashes into the bargain. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

"Spirit", the NASA Mars rover is still going, and going, and going 5 years later. picked by suebe 11 months ago