While NASA's newest tire is the result of years of research and development, it was a chance meeting between old colleagues that moved it from a unique R&D project to a key piece of an upcoming ...

Stretch a Slinky toy too far, and eventually the metal coil will be warped so much it won’t be able to return to its original spring shape. That’s a problem also faced by the metal spring tires ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and the NASA Glenn Research Center said they have developed an airless tire suitable for use on the surface of the moon. The tire uses 800 load-bearing ...

Back in 2009, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), together with tire maker Goodyear, presented the Spring Tire, a very special piece of rubber meant for traveling on the moon and ...

Japanese tire maker Bridgestone is showing off two new lunar rover tire concepts at the 40th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs. Yes, they basically look like airless puncture-proof tires currently ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: GT) have developed an airless tire to transport large, long-range vehicles across the surface of ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Bridgestone Corp. has developed a new lunar rover tire that it claims exhibits improved performance over the first-generation design unveiled in 2019. The new concept model ...