After more than 12 years exploring Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover has tired feet — err, wheels. Comments (0) When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

A s 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 ...

The wheels also have grousers (treads) that protrude 7.5 millimeters from the wheel skin. Since touching down inside Mars’ Gale Crater 12 years ago, the rover has traveled around 20 miles (32 ...

Just like I inspect the bottom of my hiking boots from time to time, NASA's Curiosity rover schedules in regular check-ups of its wheel treads. Mars hasn't been kind to the rover's aluminum wheels ...

Curiosity rover wheel wear on Mars has become the number-one issue for engineers to cope with and develop work-around strategies for. (Image credit: NASA/JPL) This damage comes in several forms.

The right-middle wheel looks rough, but "is still holding up well despite taking some of the worst abuse from Mars," wrote rover engineer Ashley Stroupe in a mission update on Sept. 24.

Wheel Life. NASA's Curiosity rover has spent over 4,400 Earth days exploring the desolate surface of Mars — enough time, by Sam Altman's reckoning, for the emergence of superintelligent AI.. It ...

Perseverance cracked open a tricky Mars rock to find water-related minerals, then zoomed across the landscape to make its ...

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 ...

More than two weeks after landing in Mars' Gale Crater, NASA's Curiosity rover has wiggled its wheels to warm up for its first honest-to-goodness drive, just hours from now. Mission manager Mike ...

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 ...