Gale crater

Curiosity Skips Drilling, Resumes Mount Sharp Trek after Pounding Slippery Rock at Martian Valley of Slippery Sands

NASA’s Curiosity rover will skip drilling into a possible 4th rock target and instead resume the trek to Mount Sharp…

10 years ago

Curiosity Brushes ‘Bonanza King’ Target Anticipating Fourth Red Planet Rock Drilling

Curiosity brushes 'Bonanza King' drill target on Mars NASA’s Curiosity rover looks back to ramp with 4th drill site target…

10 years ago

Curiosity Reverses Back from Martian Valley of Slippery Sand and Finds Fourth Rock Drilling Candidate at ‘Bonanza King’

NASA’s Curiosity rover looks back to ramp with 4th drill site target at ‘Bonanza King’ rock outcrop in ‘Hidden Valley’…

10 years ago

Curiosity Celebrates Two Years on Mars Approaching Bedrock of Mountain Climbing Destination

2 Years on Mars! Curiosity treks to Mount Sharp, her primary science destination, in this photo mosaic view captured on…

10 years ago

NASA Announces Science Instruments for Mars 2020 Rover Expedition to the Red Planet

NASA announced the winners of the high stakes science instrument competition to fly aboard the Mars 2020 rover at a…

10 years ago

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…

10 years ago

Curiosity Captured from Orbit Crossing Landing Ellipse Boundary – Martian Scenery from Above and Below

NASA has now released a breathtaking high resolution image of the rover Curiosity captured from Mars orbit coincidentally coinciding with…

10 years ago

Trekking Mars – Curiosity Roves Outside Landing Ellipse!

Trekking Mars - NASA’s intrepid robot Curiosity is roving rapidly across the sandy ripples of the Red Planet in her…

10 years ago

Curiosity Marks Milestone Anniversary – 1 Martian Year On Mars!

NASA’s Curiosity rover celebrated a milestone anniversary today, June 24 - 1 Martian Year on Mars! A Martian year is…

11 years ago

Driving, Driving, Driving – Curiosity’s Top Priority on the Road to Mysterious Mount Sharp

Driving, Driving, Driving - that’s the number one priority for NASA’s rover Curiosity as she traverses across the floor of…

11 years ago