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Mars 2020 Will be The Third Time That NASA Has Tried to Send a Microphone to Mars
The Mars 2020 rover, which will launch this summer, will be the third NASA mission to bring a microphone to…
Detection of Mineral on Mars Bolsters Argument that Mars was Once Habitable
The discovery of boron on Mars, a key ingredient in the emergence of organic molecules, has bolstered the case for…
Mars Curiosity Rolls Up to Potential New Meteorite
NASA's Curiosity Rover is turning into an able meteorite hunter with a shiny new find just this past week.
Martian Mineral Points Toward Past Habitability
New samples obtained by the Curiosity rover have shed more light on environmental changes over the past few billion years,…
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Curiosity Discovers Mars Rock Like None Before, Sets Drill Campaign
On the eve of the 3rd anniversary since her nail biting touchdown inside Gale Crater, NASA’s car sized Curiosity Mars…
Sparks Fly on Mars as Curiosity Laser Blasts Red Planet Rock – Photos/Video
Curiosity has zapped hundreds of Red Planet rocks with her powerful laser blaster during her lifetime and has now caught…
Rock On! Curiosity Spots a Heavy Metal Meteorite
Talk about heavy metal! This shiny, lumpy rock spotted by NASA's Curiosity rover is likely made mostly of iron --…
Zot! Curiosity Punches Laser Hole No. 100,000 On Mars
The reports are in: it appears that Earth has the upper hand in firing laser shots on Mars. More seriously,…
Curiosity’s Laser Leaves Its Mark
Before-and-after images from Curiosity's ChemCam micro-imager show holes left by its million-watt laser (NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/LPGN/CNRS) PEWPEWPEWPEWPEW! Curiosity's head-mounted ChemCam did a…
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…