Lunar and Planetary Conjunction on August 21, 2012
Last night -- if you were in a good location -- the Moon, Spica, Mars, Saturn all came together in…
Image: Curiosity’s First Wheel Tracks on Mars
The rover (and her driving team) has done it! Curiosity has taken a little jaunt inside Gale Crater and here…
Curiosity’s Descent Video in Amazing, Incredible HD Quality
It keeps getting better! This is a full-resolution version of the NASA Curiosity rover descent to Mars, taken by the…
Watch Curiosity’s First Movements
Click to animate: this gif image shows the movement of the rear right wheel of NASA's Curiosity as rover drivers…
Take a Look Through Curiosity’s ChemCam
This (adjusted) image was taken by ChemCam's Remote Micro-Imager on Sol 15 (NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL) While Curiosity has been getting a good…
Want To Live On Mars Time? There’s An App For That
Screenview from Mars Clock, available from the Apple Store, that displays Mars time. You've listened to all of JPL's Curiosity…
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Curiosity Takes Aim at Martian Destination – Mount Sharp
Image Caption: Curiosity Points to Mount Sharp. Curiosity unstowed the robotic arm on Aug. 20 and aimed it directly at…
Astrophoto: Sky Island by Sean Parker
It's true, the Perseid Meteor shower is the best star show of the year. But sometimes a little enhancement doesn't…
Carnival of Space #263
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by our pal Ray Sanders at his Dear Astronomer blog. Click here to…
Shields Up! ISS Spacewalkers Install New Micrometeorite Shields
International Space Station Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko completed the first spacewalk of the Expedition 32 mission…