Curiosity Rover
Curiosity Celebrates Christmas at Red Planet Paradise at Namib Dune with 1st Mastcam Self-portrait
Just in time for the holidays, NASA’s Curiosity rover is celebrating Christmas 2015 at a Red Planet Paradise - spectacular…
Curiosity Reaches Massive Field of Spectacularly Rippled Active Martian Sand Dunes
After many months of painstaking driving, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has reached the edge of a massive field of spectacular…
How Long is a Day on Mars?
Mars is different from Earth in many ways, being rather cold and inhospitable. But interestingly, a day on Mars is…
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NASA vs. Cigarettes: A Numbers Game
People often criticize the amount of money spent on space exploration. Sometimes it's well-meaning friends and family who say that…
Opportunity Rover Driving Between ‘Lily Pads’ in Search of Martian Sun and Science
Just shy of an unfathomable 4200 Sols traversing ravishing alien terrain on the Red Planet, the longest living ‘Martian’ -…
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Boulder Extraction and Robotic Arm Mechanisms For NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Mission Start Rigorous Testing at NASA Goddard
NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, MD - Rigorous testing has begun on the advanced robotic arm and boulder extraction mechanisms…
Why Don’t We See the Curiosity Rover’s Arm When it Takes a Selfie?
Every time the Curiosity rover takes a ‘selfie’ on Mars, we get the same questions: “How was this picture taken?”…
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Curiosity Snaps ‘Big Sky’ Drill Site Selfie at Martian Mountain Foothill
This self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the "Big Sky" site, where its drill collected the…
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Curiosity Rover Confirms Ancient Lake Filled Gale Crater, Boosting Chance of Life
A view from the "Kimberley" formation on Mars taken by NASA's Curiosity rover. The strata in the foreground dip towards…
NASA Discovers Salty Liquid Water Flows Intermittently on Mars Today, Bolstering Chance for Life
These dark, narrow, 100 meter-long streaks called recurring slope lineae flowing downhill on Mars are inferred to have been formed…