China’s next Mars explorer is not a rover that crawls or a helicopter that hovers, but a hybrid drone that can roll across the ground and then leap into the thin air when terrain turns hostile. By ...

NASA teams are testing drones, robot dogs, and new flight software in America’s toughest deserts to prepare for the ...

From NASA's Death Valley tests for Mars helicopter replacements to Ukraine's interceptor drones, the rapid evolution of drone ...

For this week’s round-up of commercial drone industry news, we look at ways to prepare for a potential (inevitable?) DJI ...

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

Engineers at NASA’s Langley Research Center are developing a concept for UAVS and drones that would allow them to get up close and personal with Mars. Image source: Pixabay. Earlier this fall, the ...

After reaching Mars with the Perseverance rover in early 2021, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter proved a huge success as it exceeded expectations with an astonishing 72 flights across the Martian surface.

NASA is testing next-generation Mars drone tech in a place a lot like the Red Planet - California’s Mojave Desert in Death Valley National Park. They flew three research drones over the barren, ...

NASA has sent over three drones to the famed Death Valley in California for a team to test the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in extreme conditions. The space agency launched this test in hopes of ...

NASA is hoping to answer questions about alien life by sending humans to Mars in the 2030s for the very first time, but it ...