Low-flying drones could help guide Mars missions to the most accessible water ice buried under debris. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Understanding how to explore hidden glaciers on Mars begins not in a laboratory, but in remote field camps across Alaska and Wyoming. Armed with mosquito repellent, bear spray and drone batteries ...

A team of researchers has developed a concept based on biomimicry to explore the vast cavernous underground lava tubes of Mars. Their concept includes a spherical “roly-poly” drone, as well as a swarm ...

How can drones help find buried water on Mars? This is what a recent study published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated how ...

Engineers are increasingly turning to the concept of "biomimicry" for the next generation of Mars robots.

Silhouetted against the blue sky, a drone carrying a ground-penetrating radar instrument lifts off from Galena Creek Rock Glacier in Wyoming. Understanding how to explore hidden glaciers on Mars ...