NASA has reinvented the tire. These rover tires are made from a nickel-titanium alloy. A material that can be deformed and return back to shape. The super-elastic material allows it to “remember ...

The tires performed admirably thanks to the fact that they are made from a nickel-titanium alloy which, as NASA materials research engineer Santo Padula explains in the following video ...

A new airless tire, inspired by water droplets, has been developed in South Korea and could revolutionize how vehicles handle ...

The alloy used to put these tires together is a nickel-titanium mix, and the design, imagined by NASA with help from Goodyear Tire & Rubber, was put through its paces last fall at the Airbus Mars ...

NASA’s new SMA tires, constructed from nickel-titanium alloys ... Dr. Santo Padula II, a materials research engineer at NASA Glenn, recalls a pivotal meeting with mechanical engineer Colin ...

Any vehicle traversing the rocky terrain on Mars needs a sturdy set of wheels. NASA’s Perseverance rover, for example, sports thick aluminum ones covered in cleats to enhance its traction and mobility ...