{"id":457204,"date":"2026-06-19T04:19:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=1007558"},"modified":"2026-06-19T04:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:19:21","slug":"nasa-testing-advanced-capabilities-for-moon-mars-rovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=457204","title":{"rendered":"NASA Testing Advanced Capabilities for Moon, Mars Rovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-4 padding-bottom-4 hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\n<div id=\"carousel-wrapper-carousel-6a343a5b7a4e2\" class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider-carousel-6a343a5b7a4e2\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-client-id=\"carousel-6a343a5b7a4e2\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-variation=\"carousel\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-autoplay=\"\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-autoplay-speed=\"2000\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-play-pause=\"\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-transition-type=\"slide\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-progress=\"\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-progress-labels=\"\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-start-label=\"Start\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-end-label=\"End\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-labels-initialized=\"true\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\" data-label=\"\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-ernest-twilight-16x9-1.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A white four-wheeled rover with a rectangular head on its mast projects a red glow onto a dark desert landscape. Pink and yellow hues indicate the sun has set behind a distant mountain range, while the top of the frame remains blue.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-ernest-twilight-16x9-1.jpg 8000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-ernest-twilight-16x9-1.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-ernest-twilight-16x9-1.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-ernest-twilight-16x9-1.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-ernest-twilight-16x9-1.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-ernest-twilight-16x9-1.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-ernest-twilight-16x9-1.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-ernest-twilight-16x9-1.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-ernest-twilight-16x9-1.jpg?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-ernest-twilight-16x9-1.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-ernest-twilight-16x9-1.jpg?resize=2000,1125 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Developed at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, ERNEST (Exploration Rover for Navigating Extreme Sloped Terrain) is used in a desert field test to help refine mobility hardware and autonomy software that could be used for a potential future long-range lunar rover mission.<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\" data-label=\"\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-fig-a-ernest-long-shadows-16x9-1.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A white four-wheeled rover on the left side of the frame casts a long shadow across barren, brown ground toward the lower right. A few low, scrubby plants dot the desert landscape and mountains rise in the far distance under a pale blue sky.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-fig-a-ernest-long-shadows-16x9-1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-fig-a-ernest-long-shadows-16x9-1.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-fig-a-ernest-long-shadows-16x9-1.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-fig-a-ernest-long-shadows-16x9-1.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-fig-a-ernest-long-shadows-16x9-1.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-fig-a-ernest-long-shadows-16x9-1.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-fig-a-ernest-long-shadows-16x9-1.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-fig-a-ernest-long-shadows-16x9-1.jpg?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia26701-fig-a-ernest-long-shadows-16x9-1.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">During the field test, which took place in March 2026 in the Colorado Desert of Southern California, the JPL team deployed ERNEST at all times of the day \u2014 including dusk, dawn, and nighttime, when lighting conditions create long shadows like those seen on the Moon\u2019s polar regions.<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\" data-carousel-id=\"image-carousel-slider-carousel-6a343a5b7a4e2\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On a bleak stretch of the Colorado Desert in Southern California, a compact four-wheeled rover recently trundled about 16 miles (26 kilometers) with minimal intervention from the team of engineers trailing it. Called ERNEST (Exploration Rover for Navigating Extreme Sloped Terrain), this prototype is being used by NASA to advance both robotic autonomy and the ability to traverse challenging landscapes.<\/p>\n<p>Developed at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, ERNEST is 4 feet (1.2 meters) long. Not only can it lift each of its mesh wheels to get past obstacles that would stymie Curiosity and Perseverance, NASA\u2019s six-wheeled Mars rovers, but the prototype also has enhanced independent decision-making capabilities. These mobility and autonomy advances could be infused into future missions that will venture to previously inaccessible areas of the Red Planet or the Moon.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Field-Testing Rover Capabilities for the Moon and Mars\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RhHQoyxVAdE?list=PLTiv_XWHnOZotmIsea-6Chsj-oQXiDzfW\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ERNEST serves as a testbed for a potential future lunar rover mission requiring high speeds and extreme distances. In a recent field test, the prototype traveled 16 miles over the course of 37 hours, going an order of magnitude above the top speed at which NASA\u2019s current Mars rovers can navigate. Credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the field, ERNEST served as a testbed for a potential future lunar mission requiring higher speeds and much greater mileage than can be accomplished by current rovers. This technology could be used to inform future designs for exploration efforts on the Moon and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis testing is helping us refine the mobility hardware and autonomy software to navigate extreme distances across a wide range of terrain and lighting conditions anticipated on the Moon,\u201d said Issa Nesnas, a principal technologist at JPL who led the recent testing as head of autonomy for a NASA mission concept for a potential future long-range lunar rover.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e2-pia26701-fig-b-ernest-night.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e2-pia26701-fig-b-ernest-night.jpeg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Against a pitch-black background sky in which a handful of white stars are visible, two men stand on either side of a 4.5-foot-tall white rover, which is lit up by the glow from their headlamps as they set up the illuminators on the robot\u2019s mast. \" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e2-pia26701-fig-b-ernest-night.jpeg 3024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e2-pia26701-fig-b-ernest-night.jpeg?resize=225,300 225w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e2-pia26701-fig-b-ernest-night.jpeg?resize=768,1024 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e2-pia26701-fig-b-ernest-night.jpeg?resize=1152,1536 1152w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e2-pia26701-fig-b-ernest-night.jpeg?resize=1536,2048 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e2-pia26701-fig-b-ernest-night.jpeg?resize=300,400 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e2-pia26701-fig-b-ernest-night.jpeg?resize=450,600 450w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e2-pia26701-fig-b-ernest-night.jpeg?resize=675,900 675w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e2-pia26701-fig-b-ernest-night.jpeg?resize=900,1200 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e2-pia26701-fig-b-ernest-night.jpeg?resize=1500,2000 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Engineers from JPL set up illuminators after transporting ERNEST for a pre-sunrise test during a seven-day desert field campaign.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nesnas\u2019 team is using ERNEST to demonstrate it is possible to build a rover that\u2019s twice as big as the prototype and capable of a long-distance Moon mission. During the recent campaign, ERNEST traveled at speeds up to 0.6 mph (1 kph) over 37 hours of driving, across seven days of intermittent testing. That\u2019s an order of magnitude above the top speed Perseverance and Curiosity can navigate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could do a science road trip across the Moon \u2014 or Mars \u2014 with this vehicle,\u201d said James Keane, a JPL planetary scientist working on lunar missions.<\/p>\n<p>The initial goal of the team that developed ERNEST was mechanical: to design a relatively simple, low-cost rover that advances the trusted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BC441bV1wFc\" rel=\"noopener\">rocker-bogie suspension system<\/a> featured on every Mars rover since NASA\u2019s Sojourner. This passive system keeps relatively constant weight on all six wheels, thanks to pivot points and struts that enable each one to adapt to the changing surface.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Learning All-Terrain Locomotion for a Planetary Rover With Actively Articulated Suspension\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d684P5a3xMc?list=PLTiv_XWHnOZrYd-KzoO0iMa-Tja-fer2S\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The mobility and autonomy advances developed at JPL for the ERNEST prototype rover could be infused into future NASA missions to previously inaccessible areas of the Red Planet or the Moon. Credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On ERNEST, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2RiH4ZInTZM\" rel=\"noopener\">active suspension<\/a> lets the rover manage weight distribution among its wheels. Two powered joints in front articulate a gimbal that allows the rover to drive using different gaits like squirming, wheel-walking, and obstacle-climbing. With a clutch mechanism, it can switch between active and passive suspension, which is less terrain capable but more energy efficient. With four steerable wheels, it can drive in any direction, including sideways.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started by postulating that we could do better in designing a planetary surface robotic mobility system,\u201d said Hari Nayar, a JPL principal technologist leading the ERNEST team. \u201cWhile the rocker-bogie system has been very successful over the past 30 years, there\u2019s been a lot of research in that time on mobility and understanding terrain interaction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before arriving at today\u2019s version of ERNEST, the team built <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/site\/research\/media\/posters\/2022\/R22016p.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">two earlier prototypes<\/a>, each about 2 feet (0.6 meters) long, to test 11 active suspension configurations. In a trailer filled with lunar regolith simulant, they ran experiments at different slope angles over several months before landing on a final design.<\/p>\n<p>Then the team scaled up, including adding a rectangular head mounted on a 4.5-foot-tall (1.4-meter-tall) mast. The hardware was completed in September 2024, but the rover still needed a human operator to joystick it, sending commands to instruct the rover on how to move over obstacles.<\/p>\n<p>In order to train the rover to think on its own, the ERNEST team turned to reinforcement learning, a type of artificial intelligence where the robot learns by interacting with its environment. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov\/how-we-do-it\/facilities\/the-darts-simulation-laboratory\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Dynamics and Real-Time Simulation Laboratory<\/a> at JPL developed a high-fidelity virtual testing environment that replicates the rover\u2019s behavior. The team fed the simulator data collected by engineers who documented the response of the actual rover hardware to a variety of terrain types. On a high-performance computing cluster, the team ran many simulations at once, sometimes completing thousands of hours of tests over a single weekend.<\/p>\n<p>After months of virtual training, the ERNEST team was ready to see if the rover could use its new autonomous algorithms to figure out how to drive over terrain features that would halt a passive-suspension rover. They set up an obstacle course with sand ripples, rubble piles, steps, and steep slopes in JPL\u2019s Mars Yard, an outdoor terrain proving ground. Then they watched as the rover maneuvered the terrain on its own. Since then, ERNEST has completed many such courses.<\/p>\n<p>Nayar\u2019s team is starting a new autonomy project which involves integrating the rover\u2019s ability to determine when and how to use its active suspension with longer-range intelligent navigation. The goal is to enable ERNEST to plan an efficient path so that it can tackle surmountable obstacles and circumnavigate hazardous ones. These capabilities could contribute to potential future rover missions encountering formidable landscapes on Mars or more rugged areas of the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>Work on ERNEST began in 2022 was initially supported by JPL internal research and development funds. It is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/techport.nasa.gov\/projects\/182846\" rel=\"noopener\">funded by<\/a> NASA\u2019s Mars Exploration Program and the agency\u2019s Exploration Science Strategy and Integration Office in its Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages JPL for NASA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contacts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Karen Fox \/ Molly Wasser<br \/>NASA Headquarters, Washington<br \/>240-285-5155 \/ 240-419-1732<br \/><a href=\"mailto:karen.c.fox@nasa.gov\">karen.c.fox@nasa.gov<\/a>&nbsp;\/ <a href=\"mailto:molly.l.wasser@nasa.gov\">molly.l.wasser@nasa.gov<\/a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Melissa Pamer<br \/>Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.<br \/>626-314-4928<br \/><a href=\"mailto:melissa.pamer@jpl.nasa.gov\">melissa.pamer@jpl.nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2026-040<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-articles\">\n<section class=\"hds-related-articles padding-x-0 padding-y-3 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n<div class=\"w-100 grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0 text-align-left\">\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\">\n<h2 style=\"max-width: 100%;\" class=\"width-full w-full maxw-full\">Explore More<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/earth\/earth-observatory\/el-nino-is-underway\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/misc-jpl-space-heros-2-original.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/misc-jpl-space-heros-2-original.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/misc-jpl-space-heros-2-original.png?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/misc-jpl-space-heros-2-original.png?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/misc-jpl-space-heros-2-original.png?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/misc-jpl-space-heros-2-original.png?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/misc-jpl-space-heros-2-original.png?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/misc-jpl-space-heros-2-original.png?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/misc-jpl-space-heros-2-original.png?resize=1200,675 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-10\">\n<div class=\"subheading margin-bottom-1\">3 min read<\/div>\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\">\n<h3 class=\"related-article-title\">Explore JPL to Take Place Oct. 10, 11<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center label related-article-label margin-bottom-1 color-carbon-60\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"display-flex flex-align-center margin-right-2\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" class=\"square-2 margin-right-1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 16 16;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><g><path d=\"M8,0C3.5,0-0.1,3.7,0,8.2C0.1,12.5,3.6,16,8,16c4.4,0,8-3.6,8-8C16,3.5,12.4,0,8,0z M8,15.2 C4,15.2,0.8,12,0.8,8C0.8,4,4,0.8,8,0.8c3.9,0,7.2,3.2,7.2,7.1C15.2,11.9,12,15.2,8,15.2z\"\/><path d=\"M5.6,12c0.8-0.8,1.6-1.6,2.4-2.4c0.8,0.8,1.6,1.6,2.4,2.4c0-2.7,0-5.3,0-8C8.8,4,7.2,4,5.6,4 C5.6,6.7,5.6,9.3,5.6,12z\"\/><\/g><\/g><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Article<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3 days ago\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-topic-cards nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-topic-cards\">\n<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg padding-x-0\">\n<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n<div class=\"label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-2\">Keep Exploring<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading-36 line-height-sm\">Discover More Topics From NASA<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2 hds-topic-cards-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/moon\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Earth\u2019s Moon<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"margin-bottom-0 margin-top-2 color-carbon-20-important\">The Moon makes Earth more livable, sets the rhythm of ocean tides, and keeps a record of our solar system\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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