As fun as it would be to visit Mars, we wouldn't necessarily want to walk a mile in the Curiosity rover's shoes — or rather, its wheels. After landing in Mars' Gale Crater in 2012 and traveling some ...

If the tire on your car fails, it’s either a case of changing it yourself or getting someone to do it for you. For rovers on Mars, neither option is available. The good news is that the wheels on NASA ...

Soon after NASA's Curiosity rover lands and becomes the hottest set of wheels on Mars, it'll debut as the latest Hot Wheels to land on toy store shelves. Mattel, Inc., makers of the die-cast line of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/MAHLI New photos reveal several sizable holes in one of the wheels of NASA's ...

NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars back in 2012 and since then it's been put to work exploring the surface of the Red Planet. In the process, it's traversed more than 20 miles of the lunar surface, ...

Images captured by Curiosity's onboard cameras show several large tears in the tire of one of the rover's wheels. However, the damage does not appear to be slowing the roaming robot down. When you ...